On Nigeria’s 58th year of Independence, October 1, 2018, DJ Cuppy innocently celebrated the feat the country had achieved with a tweet that reads,
‘today, we experience the joy and pride of being called NIGERIANS! The greatest nation’.
As simple and harmless as the tweet is, it sadly didn’t go down well with a lot of Nigerians on Twitter as it even infuriated them leading them to come at her from all angles…
Today, we experience the joy and pride of being called NIGERIANS! The greatest nation. ?? #NigeriaAt58 #NigerianIndependeceDay pic.twitter.com/V8xFkTJUrI
— Cuppy (@cuppymusic) October 1, 2018
… particularly starting with @kingwole who did a thread to address Cuppy’s ‘insensitivity’.
See all the tweets below,
I’ll say this real quick, calling Nigeria “the greatest nation”, especially when you’re in the 0.5% mega privileged bracket, is an insult to every Nigerian who has to suffer every single day because of the REAL and unnecessary challenges they face. https://t.co/HHKwFmEh1E
— Wᴏʟᴇ́ (@Kingwole) October 2, 2018
I’ll say this real quick, calling Nigeria “the greatest nation”, especially when you’re in the 0.5% mega privileged bracket, is an insult to every Nigerian who has to suffer every single day because of the REAL and unnecessary challenges they face. https://t.co/HHKwFmEh1E
— Wᴏʟᴇ́ (@Kingwole) October 2, 2018
I get really angry every year when October 1 comes around because what you see is Nigerians who refuse to say the truth about what a messed up country it really is.
How do you go about fixing something if you don’t admit it’s faulty? Are you not tired of these stupid lies?
— Wᴏʟᴇ́ (@Kingwole) October 2, 2018
And you, the child of one of the richest men in the country, who has studied abroad, lived abroad, visited multiple first world counties, can fix your fingers to call it “The Greatest”?
Does it mean you are happy with the way Nigeria is? DFPMO!
— Wᴏʟᴇ́ (@Kingwole) October 2, 2018
People are struggling to eat, more families are sliding into poverty on a daily basis than one can even imagine, going out to work and coming back home is a miracle, the President and people around him are too busy focusing on re-election to worry about anything else…
— Wᴏʟᴇ́ (@Kingwole) October 2, 2018
What has Dj Cuppy done to deserve all these hate? Is it a crime to be born into a rich family?
— Tomiwa Talabi (@itsTomiwa) October 2, 2018
Can’t believe people are triggered by Cuppy calling Nigeria “greatest Nation”.
How can you be triggered by someone’s point of view towards their own country?
It’s like telling your parents not to see you as a great child because other children are greater than you. ?— Leo Babarinde Dasilva (@SirLeoBDasilva) October 2, 2018
Leah Sharibu and the other victims of the insurgent attacks can’t say the same Cuppy. Nigeria isn’t a great nation, it’s a shithole. https://t.co/1DphDMAIYg
— Liz (@Liz_khalifar) October 2, 2018
Wonder if cuppy is the only one that wished Nigeria well? But uno you shit heads must always attack her like she’s the originator of your problems.
— chilli chilliii❤ (@epmib) October 2, 2018
