Social media media was left buzzing on Thursday as billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, rented a private luxury motor yacht ‘Christina O’ worth over N2.2bn to celebrate his 60th birthday.
The superyacht is one of the world’s largest yachts, owned by wealthy Greek shipping mogul Aristotle Onassis.
Otedola reportedly rented the yatcht to sail for three weeks on the Mediterranean Sea with family and friends alongside crew members on board.
The weekly rental cost of the yacht, according to Charter World, is €620,000
Otedola via his official Twitter account shared pictures of him and his family and also the interiors of the yacht.
“Welcome Abroad the Christina! are you ready for #F060 F.Ote $” he tweeted.
Here are some reactions
@Davidalgorithm tweeted, “Wealthy people like Otedola may spend N2 billion or more On yacht ⛵ but they may never enjoy the feeling of having people like us to post for them and say, “Clear Road, today a king was born”🌜”
@Elchelon tweeted, “His road is already cleared
We wey dem de clear road every birthday still@never see road sef
Sapa still de hit us back to back 😂😂
So abeg make his kind money come no need for the a king was born..
I Nobi king 😂💔”
@Rtd_Rebel tweeted,”@realFemiOtedola honestly we Nigerian men just love 2 show off hep ur people back home in Nigeria like @elonmusk & other European billionaires do over there dey mark their name in their country wit a huge project &can never b forgotten,our own is to buy private jet & yatcht 🤦🏽♂️”
@PoojaMedia tweeted, “2 Billion Naira to rent yacht for his 60th birthday by Otedola.
Definition of spending your money on yourself.”
@STBolly2 tweeted,”A whopping €3m (2billion naira) someone’s net-worth to rent a yatch for a birthday, God abeg, I don’t want to be a mechanic, I want to be a baller..”