- Gaius Chibueze, , is a Nigerian crypto influencer and Twitter personality.
- He recently experienced a personal tragedy with the death of his father.
- The loss occurred just one day after he publicly criticized the legacy of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Nigerian crypto influencer and Twitter personality, Gaius Chibueze, also known as Bitcoin Chief, has been hit with a personal tragedy following the loss of his father just a day after publicly criticizing the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Gaius had earlier taken to X (formerly Twitter) to share his blunt opinion on Buhari’s legacy, writing:
“Buhari was a very terrible president. We must not pretend now. May his soul get what he did to Nigeria.”
But in an unexpected twist, the Bitcoin Chief returned to the platform early Monday morning with heartbreaking news.
“A Few Minutes Ago, My Father Passed Away in His Home in Enugu State,” he posted.
In an emotional thread, Gaius opened up about his father’s life, influence, and passing. He fondly remembered how his father, when he was just five, already began teaching him to read the Bible and preach door to door as a Jehovah’s Witness. Despite not being able to pursue his dream of becoming a lawyer due to financial hardship, his father developed a lifelong love for books.
“He loved books deeply and read voraciously. During his time at Izzi Boys Secondary School, he was always first in his class,” Gaius wrote, adding that his father owned one of the largest personal libraries he had ever seen.
At 19, his father left their village for Ikom, Cross River State, where he joined his elder brother’s business. It was there he met and married Gaius’s late mother. In 1992, his father became a Jehovah’s Witness, a faith he embraced fully and never wavered from until his death.
Nine years ago, his father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. In a bid to help, Gaius flew him, his wife, and younger brother to Turkey for deep brain surgery in 2024. The recovery was significant, and Gaius even secured permanent residency in Turkey for his father.
Despite the improvements, his father longed for home and insisted on returning to Enugu to continue his ministry. Things remained stable until four days before his passing, when the implanted battery used to manage his symptoms failed.
“The tremors were back,” Gaius noted. The hospital in Turkey, where the surgery was performed, confirmed that the battery was still under warranty, but his father declined to return for a replacement.
“You have tried. I am grateful. But I’ll prefer to wait for death,” he told Gaius.
Despite his son’s insistence on flying him back to Turkey that week, the elder Chibueze refused. The last conversation they had before Gaius traveled to Abuja for the Igbo Fest ended with another gentle refusal and a smile.
Then came the call from his younger brother, Jehovah-Buikem:
“It has happened o. Mpa is gone!”
Though devastated, Gaius said his father had prepared the family for this moment since he was 10 years old, often speaking about death with calm conviction, rooted in his faith in Jehovah God and the hope of resurrection.
“If I were in Enugu today, I would have buried him immediately, just as he instructed,” Gaius wrote. “But I will fly back tomorrow and carry out his wishes exactly.”
He acknowledged their complicated relationship, saying:
“My dad wasn’t perfect. I carry many scars from the wrongs he did to me. But one thing I will never forget is this: he never told lies, and he never coveted what others had.”
They reconciled nine years ago with the birth of Gaius’s first son, IKEMBA.
“Adieu, Chibueze Ngene.”
Gaius closed the tribute with a memory from 1998, when his father took him from their hometown, Obeagu Awkunanaw, to Topland in Enugu to begin carpentry training under his uncle Emeka at the Enugu Timber Shade.
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