Twitter personality Daniel Regha has strongly condemned a viral video featuring imprisoned cyber fraudster Hushpuppi celebrating Tunde Ednut’s birthday.
Despite Hushpuppi currently serving an 11-year prison sentence for money laundering, he managed to celebrate Ednut’s birthday extravagantly.
Regha has expressed his concerns about glorifying criminals like Hushpuppi and urged Nigerians not to portray him as an icon or a positive role model.
According to Regha, Hushpuppi’s actions contribute to the normalization of cybercrime, and he called on the public to be more discerning in the influencers they support.
In his words;
“Hushpuppi is a criminal & should be treated as one since he’s in prison; He often make headlines but Nigerians need to stop acting like he’s an icon or a good role model. One of the biggest problems we are facing today is yahoo boys, which the likes of Hushpuppi encouraged. Let’s be mindful what we encourage in the name of cruise.”
In another post, he added;
“The video of Hushpuppi being served different meals in prison is wr¤ng (if true). He shouldn’t have access to a phone, & needs to be paying for his crimes. Again, Nigerians who catch cruise whenever he makes the headlines are part of the issue; How do y’all criticize politicians but glorify yahoo boys & criminals? That’s pathetic.”
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