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Man Cancels Wedding After Fiancée Allegedly Blows ₦23 Million Land Money on Expensive Wigs

A story that sounds straight out of a Nollywood blockbuster has left many Nigerians in shock after a man reportedly called off his wedding following the discovery of his fiancée’s alleged betrayal involving millions meant for land purchase.

The drama, which has been making rounds on social media and was even discussed on radio stations in Enugu, centres on a man based abroad who trusted his long-term girlfriend with nearly ₦23 million to buy a piece of land in Enugu ahead of their planned wedding.

According to a widely shared post by popular X user Benkingsley Nwashara (@Benking443), things took a dramatic turn when the man returned to Nigeria for the wedding and asked his fiancée to take him to see the property.

She reportedly drove him deep inside Nike village, an area well-known to locals where land prices typically range between ₦4 million and ₦5 million – nowhere near the ₦23 million figure she had claimed.

That was when the cracks began to show.

The man’s family immediately got the police involved. During the investigation, it was discovered that the fiancée had actually purchased the land for just ₦4.5 million.

But the story didn’t end there.

Sources close to the investigation revealed that she allegedly gave ₦2 million to the sellers and ₦1 million to the agent – all in a desperate bid to get them to back her up and falsely claim the land was worth the full ₦23 million.

A full-blown cover-up that eventually came crashing down.

The wedding was immediately called off.

When questioned by authorities, the woman reportedly admitted that a huge portion of the money had been spent on expensive wigs worth millions of naira and other personal expenses.

What makes the story even more painful is that this wasn’t some random person. The man had been in a relationship with her for years. She was someone he trusted enough to build a future with – the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.

Just like that, everything collapsed.

Social media users have been reacting massively to the story, with many describing it as “something out of a movie.” The post by @Benking443 has sparked heated conversations online, with some calling it a classic case of “love gone sour” while others warn young men in long-distance relationships to be extra careful.

As of now, no official statement has been released by either party, but the details shared so far have left many questioning how far some people can go when big money is involved.

This incident has once again brought to the fore the importance of due diligence, especially when dealing with large sums for property transactions, even when love and trust are supposedly involved.

What do you make of this story? Would you have called off the wedding immediately like the man did? Drop your thoughts in the comment section below.

SOURCE
https://www.reportnaija.ng/2026/04/man-cancels-wedding-after-fiancee.html

Na poverty cause am... Good sum of money basically brings out the moral decadence in many.

No need to cancel wedding, just arrest the lady's other boyfriend and investigate him. They will discover the money or part of it

this is incredible the girl na prodigal girl

Some women are just stupid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJfdd85XcY

All this Twitter generated stories..I no dey believe

Meanwhile,the poster last night trying to come up with the blockbuster

You go dey trust Naija woman with your hard earned money. She is lucky the guy is a calm guy sha. I know some guys that will move on and eliminate her without a trace.

This is getting worse God

Financial Literacy should be made a compulsory subject right from Elementary school...!

The harsh truth is that it's not even a gender thing (both genders are guilty in one way or the other).

A lot of Nigerians don't know how money works or how to spend wisely.

Despite how bad the economy is, there is still a widespread epidemic of financial recklessness and illiteracy among the young population, especially ladies.

End time wife. You can't be more evil

That Gender na different creature

Who begat these evil people? Purchasing expensive wigs on dumb head

23 million izza goal. He paid a price before he dodged a bullet.

another big cock and fat asssss bull story

Angelfrost:
Financial Literacy should be made a compulsory subject right from Elementary school...!

No amount of financial literary csn rescue this spendthrift.

The guy should arrest her and demand his money to the last kobo. It's only fools who don't know how difficult it is to make money that waste it on frivolous activities.

Imagine spending over 3m to hire people to cover the truth. The lady is a liar and a thief. She couldn't invest the said money but blew it up on wigs.
Women are selfish. I bet she wouldn't have used the money she herself worked for to buy those wigs.

Lolz. So she left with the balance of N23 million or what?

All these dem say dem say, who say? Stories

I dont care if you betray me as a woman, just dont get my money involved, then we are good.
Go sleep with another man, do anything you like with your heart and body, just dont get my money involved, na there we go fight

Wife material 23million yard. Ewu

Na werey dey worry the guy..
How can you be trusting a fiancee with millions. Where are his family member. She don cage the asshole telling him him family members are not good people. Thereby trusting him instead.
Very greedy gender. Very selfish gender.
Sincerely, most ladies out there are not worth it.

Imagine someone he was planning to spend the rest of his life with.....? Shame on her.

Tooreda:
No amount of financial literary csn rescue this spendthrift.

Maybe now.

But, would she be this financially dumb if she grew under better financial tutelage from a young age?!!

Think about it.

It seems to me now that men should be considered endangered species nowadays. This is outrageous. Love means many things to many people, but for these kind of ladies certainly not sacrifice but self aggrandisement.

May the lord deliver us from the sort of women we have these days

Integrity is very important especially with journey with God. Monies cant buy integrity.

This was not caused by poverty but greed. Out of 23m, if she get land for good location for btw 15 to 18 nor bad na.

dawnomike:
Na poverty cause am... Good sum of money basically brings out the moral decadence in many.

.....mumu Man, how can entrust a Nigerian with that type of money, most Nigerians are untrustworthy.

Men will never learn
It's really sad

That's what's in their mind
The guy sef no try, unless him mama don die, send the money to your mama to buy the land for you or even your papa sef fit run am more efficiently than that snake friendly gender