Nigerian media personality Do2dtun has fired back hard after a deeply disturbing fake death claim about Adekunle Gold and Simi’s six-year-old daughter, Deja, went viral on X and his response has ignited one of the most passionate conversations on Nigerian social media this week.
The incident, which unfolded on Sunday, March 8, 2026, is not just a celebrity story. It is a stark reminder of how far some people on the internet are willing to go and how dangerous misinformation about a child’s life can spread before anyone stops it.
The Fake Post That Shocked Nigeria
On Sunday evening, March 8, 2026, an X user operating under the handle @boutmoneey12, known as ‘MR Money’, posted what appeared to be devastating news. Accompanied by a photo of Adekunle Gold and his daughter, the post claimed that the celebrated Afrobeats and Fuji singer had just lost his only child, Deja, at the age of six to a rare genetic condition known as Canavan disease.
The post even included a fabricated screenshot that appeared to be from Adekunle Gold’s own Instagram page, complete with condolence messages lending it a veneer of authenticity that made it all the more dangerous.
The post gathered approximately two million views and over 600 comments, with many users expressing shock and grief over the alleged loss before the truth began to emerge. It spread rapidly across platforms, with well-meaning fans tagging the singer and sending their sympathies unaware they were engaging with a completely fabricated story.
At the time of this report, Adekunle Gold and Simi have not issued any official statement about the incident. Their daughter Deja, born in 2020, is alive and well.
Do2dtun Steps In: “This One Go Choke You”
It did not take long for popular hypeman and media personality Oladotun Ojuolape Kayode widely known as Do2dtun to come across the post. And when he did, he did not hold back for a single second.
Do2dtun explained that the act was nothing but a desperate attempt to chase engagement and earn money from X’s ad revenue system, introduced under Elon Musk. He expressed genuine disbelief that anyone could manufacture a story about a child’s death and leave it up despite the backlash it was generating.
In his now-viral response, Do2dtun wrote: “All for Elon money right! No be all engagement Dey bring peace. This one go choke you. What sort of nonsense is this. How is this even possible that you had the audacity to even do this.”
He went further, calling out the poster’s refusal to take down the tweet even as public outrage mounted. “To think he still has the tweet up there despite public outcry. He feels he will get away with it, there are precedents. Mad people like this will continue to roam freely until there’s a deterrent,” he added.
The intervention from Do2dtun who has consistently stood up for Adekunle Gold in recent weeks amplified the story significantly, bringing even more eyes to both the fake post and the growing demand for accountability.
The Poster Apologises But Nigerian aren’t Buying It
By Monday morning, March 9, barely 24 hours after the original post, @boutmoneey12 returned to X with a public apology directed at Adekunle Gold.
Link to the post: https://x.com/boutmoneey12/status/2030908595005477143?s=20
The user explained that he had stumbled across a screenshot on Facebook and genuinely believed it was authentic at the time, admitting that he failed to verify the information before sharing it and expressing regret for any confusion, hurt, or misinformation it caused.
The apology read: “I want to offer my deepest and most sincere apologies to Adekunle Gold. The screenshot I shared was something I came across on Facebook, and at the time, I genuinely believed it was real. I had no idea it was false or fabricated. I deeply regret posting it and for any confusion, hurt, or misinformation it may have caused. I take full responsibility for not verifying it first.”
Many Nigerians, however, were far from satisfied. Several pointed out that the apology itself appeared to be posted in a way that would generate further impressions essentially farming more engagement from the same controversy that the fake post had created. Critics called the apology performative and noted that the original post had already done its damage.
How Nigerians Reacted to the Do2dtun Adekunle Gold Daughter Saga
Once Do2dtun’s response went viral and the full story became clear, reactions poured in from across the Nigerian internet and they were overwhelmingly furious.
Many users called for the poster’s immediate arrest, arguing that fabricating a child’s death for social media engagement crossed a clear legal and moral line. Others tagged Adekunle Gold directly, urging him to pursue legal action rather than ignore the situation.
A significant number of commenters pointed to the growing culture of clout chasing on X under Elon Musk’s ad revenue-sharing model, arguing that the platform’s monetisation system was directly incentivising harmful and reckless behaviour. The logic, they argued, was simple and disturbing: post something shocking enough to go viral, collect the ad revenue, apologise if it backfires, and repeat.
Others expressed sympathy for Adekunle Gold and Simi, noting that no parent should have to wake up to news even fake news about their child’s death circulating with millions of views. The emotional toll of such a post, even when debunked, is real and significant.
The Bigger Picture: Clout Chasing and the Cost of Lies
The Do2dtun Adekunle Gold daughter fake death claim incident is not an isolated case. It is part of a deeply troubling trend that has accelerated since social media platforms began paying creators based on engagement metrics.
When virality translates directly into money, the incentive to post shocking, emotionally charged, and unverified content becomes financial not just social. A fake death post about a beloved celebrity’s child is almost guaranteed to spread. And under X’s current model, every retweet, reply, and quote tweet puts money in the poster’s pocket, regardless of whether the content is true.
Media experts and digital rights advocates have repeatedly warned about this dynamic, pointing out that platforms bear responsibility for the behaviour their monetisation systems encourage. The case of Adekunle Gold’s daughter is a painful illustration of what that environment produces. For wider reading on the spread of misinformation in Nigerian media, Channels Television and BBC Pidgin have both documented similar cases extensively.
Do2dtun, to his credit, named the problem directly and publicly. Whether the platforms, the courts, or public pressure will do anything meaningful about it remains to be seen.
Final Thoughts
The story of the Do2dtun Adekunle Gold daughter fake death claim is equal parts disturbing and revealing. It shows the worst of what social media can produce a fabricated tragedy about a six-year-old child, spread by someone chasing a payout. And it shows the best a media personality willing to call it out loudly, and a public that refused to simply scroll past.
Adekunle Gold and Simi’s daughter is safe. But the question this incident leaves behind is one that will not go away easily: in a world where lies about a child’s death can reach two million people before the truth catches up, who is really in control us, or the algorithm?
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