“Wow, This Is Massive”: Aerial View Clip Shows Businessman’s Newly Built Village Home

“Wow, This Is Massive”: Aerial View Clip Shows Businessman’s Newly Built Village Home

  • Recently deceased Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe trended online as clips of his Lagos mansion leaked on social media
  • The multi-billion naira infrastructure is a state-of-the-art, fully automated residential building situated right in the heart of Lagos
  • A first-hand glimpse of the inside of the mansion has sparked reactions on social media, with many questioning the sanity behind such an outlandish outlay of resources

The sudden passing of one of Nigeria's foremost bankers and CEO, Herbert Wigwe, in a plane crash in the United States of America has sparked massive emotions on social media.

Days after his passing, a video of Herbert Wigwe's multi-million rand Lagos residence recently leaked on social media, getting people talking.

Clips of Herbert Wigwe's Lagos mansion
Videos of Herbert Wigwe's Lagos mansion leaks online. Photo credit: @herbertwigwe/@craneburg
Source: UGC

It was a three-minute tour video of the outside and inside of the 20-bedroom Lagos mansion.

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Herbert Wigwe's Ikoyi mansion is on 23,000 square meters of land, the same area as the Ikeja City Mall.

When did Herbert Wigwe build this mansion?

According to reports from the engineering firm Craneburg, which was responsible for building the edifice, the mansion took them 22 months to finish.

Reports say Herbert Wigwe moved in late last year and planned to make it his retirement home, among his other luxury properties scattered throughout Lagos.

Popular Twitter real estate commentator Oke Umurhohwo, aka Oke Stalyf, is quoted as saying that an infrastructure of that scale would cost at least $15 to $20 million.

See Oke Stalyf's breakdown of Herbert Wigwe's mansion:

See the leaked video below:

Herbert Wigwe's Ikoyi's mansion stirs reactions

Social media users had various reactions to share.

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@dee_rhymes exclaimed:

"OFFICIALLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IN Nigeria. Wow! this is Massive. No B All Those Billions And Hundreds of Millions without “Taste, Uniqueness & Space”, not to add Nature or Garden Feel… ‍♂️ This One Na No B."

@maestro_kdx said:

"The design fees alone would be about $1.5m. Start adding from there. About 80% of the building materials are imported. The land at least N5bn+"

@justmoneyforever commented:

"This is why I like Very good food ,Because that’s the only thing we go with when the last bell rings."

@Adekunle_One added:

"His surviving kids wont live here for 10 years cumulative in their entire live time. Kids that are US based. May his soul rest in peace."

@Lord_of_Nigeria said:

"It’s so weird how people can be this rich in a very poor country. Makes you wonder how dirty they have to be to get there."

@davidsomtoo exclaimed:

"Vanity upon vanity. Next of kin go just De thank God."

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Limpopo man shows off newly-built mansion in rural area

Meanwhile, Briefly News reported that a man went on social media to show off his newly built house in Limpopo, and the post was a hit. Building a house from scratch is no easy feat, and it seems the guy's hard-earned money was well spent.

Mzansi people praised the man for his accomplishment and raved about the beautiful home in the comments.

Source: Legit.ng

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Rebone Lesejane (Editor) Rebone has experience in news bulletin reading, writing, content writing and editing. She did news bulletin reading and writing during her volunteering days at Pukfm and worked as a journalist intern and then as a freelance journalist for Newskoop. She wrote and edited entertainment, arts, culture and leisure content for What’s On In Joburg. Rebone passed the Google News Initiative training. You can contact her at rebone.lesejane@briefly.co.za

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