'Might give it all away,' Davido says of Ksh.38M he received from friends, fans as birthday gift

Nigerian Afrobeat star Davido has hinted at returning the over Ksh.38 million that he collected in about three hours from his friends and fans.

Davido raised the money after posting an appealing to his friends, some of them fellow celebrities, and fans ahead of his birthday on November 21, 2021.

The 'Jowo' hit maker had opened a new bank account and publicized it online while regularly updating his fans via his Instagram stories on the progress of money transactions as they steadily increased.

He received some from the likes of superstars Adekunle Gold, Nengi, Mr. Eazi, Perruzi, Teni, Zlatan, Chike and Cubana Chief Priest.

The singer on Friday then took to Twitter saying, “Might give it all away.”

Fans responded to him with hilarious tweets while some of them even providing their account details and others showing fake transactions from their accounts to his.

@KingsleyAkande1, “Make I drop aza? Somebody son go send me money I pray”

@EddiePages, “Send 1m Naira to me Davido.”

@clarkwhitesiver, “Davido I know you don’t know me and never met me before, abeg still do give away for me Davido. I am your favourite fan.”

@RealDreylo, “Can you hear my heart beating for you Davido?”

@Tonybrainy, “The first set to drop account will be the ones who criticize the most.”