Anybody conversant with the social media platform, Twitter, would know that there are a new breed of celebrities called “Twitter ce...
Anybody conversant with the social media platform, Twitter,
would know that there are a new breed of celebrities called “Twitter
celebrities”. This is because their handles are very powerful and impactful due to their
heavy folowership on twitter; companies and persons wanting to market or create
awareness for their brands often patronise these handles.
Most of these handles thrive on controversy. One such
handle that stick out in this category is @sugabelly.
Sugabelly has a history
of tweeting controversial and ridiculous things. It all came to a head on
Sunday (November 22, 2015) night after the news of Audu’s death broke. While most people were
tweeting words of sympathy and condolence, Sugabelly brazenly mocked his
death.
This got a lot of twitter users angry and some of her fans
followers rebuked her for “speaking bad of the dead”. But, Sugabelly stood by her
tweets and she remained unapologetic about it. Turned out she had a “valid” reason
for doing so.
According to her, she had been raped sometime ago by Prince Audu’s sons
and Prince Audu was complicit:
Her claims were corroborated by some other twitter
'heavyweights':