Nigerian Man Gets Over $12K From Elon Musk for Using Twitter, Shows Off Dollars

Nigerian Man Gets Over $12K From Elon Musk for Using Twitter, Shows Off Dollars

  • A Nigerian punter shared a screenshot of $12,634.24 (N9,639,167.07) as Elon Musk paid many Nigerian influencers money for using Twitter
  • People thronged the man's comment section to congratulate him for winning big from the revenue sharing
  • Among those who engaged him were people who were so amazed to the extent that they questioned if he indeed got the shown amount

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A young Nigerian man, also a punter, with the handle @oluwapundittt, shared a screenshot of the revenue cut he got from Elon Musk's Twitter (X).

Captioning the photo of his dollars, "Elon Musk clap for yourself", @oluwapundittt revealed he got $12,634.24 (N9,639,167.07) from Musk.

Elon Musk's X/Twitter paid influencer'.
For illustration purposes only. A depicted person has no relationship to events described in this material. Lurii Krasilnikov via Getty Images Twitter/@oluwapundittt
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Elon Musk pays Twitter influencers

Many people who thronged his comment section tried to convert his dollars to naira. They were amazed by the millions of naira he made from the platform.

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Without making a proper request, many people dropped their account numbers under his tweet so he could send their share.

See his post below:

Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions below:

@BETC0DE said:

"You know apple is taking a % right?"

@SpartanZen_ said:

"I Had To Carry My Casio Calculator And convert to Naira Bro $10M + In A Month. Bro..."

@ololadepounds said:

"Ok I think I’m about to turn to a banger girl on twitter. This is a lot of money."

@Lord_Xoftxoul said:

"Chairman do giveaway now. Thank you."

@EpignosisP said:

"@elonmusk. This is so sweet!"

@themhie_tayo said:

"Wow, this is huge."

@HollarPapi17 said:

"Ahhhh see money. I must make money oooo."

@justgreelo1 said:

"You guys should please remember us the engagements."

@lordsamjy doubted him:

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"Omo, shey na edit. Wow."

@Tonyblinkx said:

"Deep Down I one see waiting dem pay Ekitipikin."

@HayzedJunior said:

"A good day for influencer... You guys are doing well."

@KrystarBella said:

"This is a big win ooo..wow!!! We deserve a cut for engaging."

@IamAyator said:

"Bossu GLK loading or real estate investment? @oluwapundittt."

@Eddyson112 said:

"Jesuu $132 for me baba."

Nigerian man gets N400k from Twitter

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a Nigerian who was paid from Twitter ad-revenue sharing shared a photo of the N400k he got.

The man acknowledged Musk as many Nigerians said that they would start using the platform more.

Man gets N3.2m mistaken transfer

In other news, a young Nigerian man, Akanji Ayodele, narrated how N3.2m was mistakenly credited to his account.

The man said that the event happened in October 2012 when he asked his apprentice, Femi Adebayo, to deposit the sum of N3,200 into his Enterprise Bank account.

Source: Legit.ng

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Joseph Omotayo (HOD Human-Interest) Joseph Omotayo has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. He once worked for Afridiaspora, OlisaTV & CLR. He is a 2022/2023 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking fellow. He can be reached via: joseph.omotayo@corp.legit.ng.