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Big Brother Naija star Terseer Kiddwaya has once again proven that a single social media post can set the entire country ablaze, this time by calling out what he describes as the hypocritical relationship many Nigerians have with their political leaders.
In a scathing thread that quickly went viral, the reality TV personality accused citizens of “hailing and begging” politicians face-to-face, only to rush online to vent fury and trade insults the moment policies fail or hardship bites harder. He argued that much of the criticism he receives comes from people who prefer memes and mockery over genuine activism or demands for accountability.
“Nigerians will kneel down and call a politician ‘Your Excellency, sir please help me,’ then come online to type ‘Thunder fire all of you,’” Kiddwaya wrote. “We only insult and make jokes instead of pushing for real change.”
The post detonated immediately. While some users admitted he had a point, many others turned the mirror back on him, pointing out that his own father, billionaire businessman and longtime political financier Terry Waya, has been deeply involved in politics for decades. One widely shared response read: “Your papa don dey wine and dine with these same politicians since before you born. Wetin you don do to hold any of them accountable apart from this tweet?”
Others defended Kiddwaya’s core message, arguing that Nigerians are quicker to drag pastors, celebrities, and even fellow citizens than they are to confront elected officials in real life. “We will curse a pastor for buying private jet but smile and take selfies when the same politician who looted the money lands his own jet in our village,” one commenter noted.
The debate has spiraled into familiar territory: selective outrage, the culture of deference to power, the safety of anonymous keyboards, and whether celebrity children have any moral standing to critique a system their families have benefited from.
By Wednesday afternoon, #Kiddwaya was trending nationwide, with opinions split roughly down the middle between those calling it a much-needed truth bomb and those dismissing it as privileged hypocrisy from someone who has never queued for fuel or boarded a molue.
Love him or hate him, Kiddwaya has managed to do what few politicians ever achieve: get Nigerians to argue passionately about their own complicity in the very system they complain about daily.
The question now hanging in the air is simple but brutal: when last did any of us actually hold a leader accountable beyond a furious Facebook post?
