{"id":169307,"date":"2025-12-05T10:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/169307\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:26:14","slug":"homeless-man-gifted-millions-after-sneaking-in-to-perform-during-tony-elumelus-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/169307\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless man gifted millions after sneaking in to perform during Tony Elumelu\u2019s event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A homeless young man identified as Doyin has received life-changing financial support after slipping into an event attended by billionaire Tony Elumelu in Lagos and delivering an unexpected performance that stunned guests.<\/p>\n<p>Businessman Morris Monye, who shared the story on social media, said the incident happened on Saturday during a Heirs Insurance event featuring prominent personalities, including Elumelu and VFD Group CEO Nonso Okpala.<\/p>\n<p>According to Monye, the event\u2019s MC randomly invited members of the audience to sing or dance using the Heirs Insurance name.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The young man, who had been loitering around the venue hoping to get free food, stepped onto the stage and \u201csang his heart out,\u201d drawing loud applause and admiration from attendees.<\/p>\n<p>Impressed by his talent, Elumelu gifted him \u20a61 million. Okpala also donated \u20a61 million, and several other guests followed with additional contributions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Monye noted jokingly that the MC \u201ceven got jealous\u201d as the donations grew. He said the young man had been homeless, jobless, and struggling despite being educated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was just at the right place at the right time,\u201d he wrote, adding that the spontaneous moment has now transformed the performer\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>Watch video below\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How homeless and Jobless young man who sneaked into Billionaire Tony Elumelu\u2019s event for free food ended up leaving a millionaire after MC made him perform for crowd of rich people \u2013 Businessman Monye reveals <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7iM6dd9jTs\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7iM6dd9jTs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dockaysworld.NG (@dockaysworld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dockaysworld\/status\/1995358822919995649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">December 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A homeless young man identified as Doyin has received life-changing financial support after slipping into an event attended&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[138,336,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-169307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}