TRENDING: How #KeepTheChangeBae became number one topic on Twitter

By now, any attention-paying Nigerian on Twitter should be familiar with #KeepTheChangeBae.

The hashtag which has dominated discourse on Nigerian Twitter for over 48 hours came to life courtesy of the tweets of an Ibadan-based man, Adeniyi Adedeji.

Writing with the handle @pabloadedeji, Adedeji took to Twitter to lament that after taking a lady out on a movie date, she had the effrontery to say she wasn’t interested in forging a relationship with him.

In his mind, Adedeji thought he had won her over.

Her response, apparently, did not go down well with him; hence he took to Twitter to vent his rage.

https://twitter.com/Pabloayodeji/status/847163514615664643

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https://twitter.com/Pabloayodeji/status/847164241320792065

The recipient of his vitriol @Missmoshiku, after seeing his tweets, sent N5,000 to him – more than what he spent on her – and told him to keep the change.

Her reaction to Adedeji’s public lamentation generated more reactions and piqued the interest of some brands and celebrities – who quickly identified with her.

MTN, Stanbic Bank, Adekunle Gold and some others had this to say.

Oh, hello #KeepTheChangeBae @Missmoshiku. Congratulations! We have a really good way for you to grow this money Slide in our DMs, maybe? pic.twitter.com/lMd4tsFTQI

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— Stanbic IBTC (@StanbicIBTC) March 30, 2017

Pablo thank you for inspiring a song. 😂

— BIG FISH 🦈 (@adekunleGOLD) March 30, 2017

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When you try to tip off a waiter and she dash you money join#KeepTheChangeBae pic.twitter.com/qnIYgzBrHU

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— Tosin Oluwafemi (@tosinoluwafemi_) March 31, 2017

Bros @Pabloayodeji, sorry we're late. U can double that #KeepTheChangeBae money in time for ur next date. You know what to do! Don't dull! pic.twitter.com/yineKbOXzh

— NairaBET (@NairaBET) March 30, 2017

@wemabank alert na gbagaun, *945# no dey fail! Dial *945# to open an account with less than the change #keepthechangebae #Withyoualltheway

— Wema Bank (@wemabank) March 30, 2017

https://twitter.com/iSlimfit/status/847333982354128896

https://twitter.com/PRINCE_VIII/status/847233788434300928

https://twitter.com/StarBROPE/status/847229496256114692

https://twitter.com/KabiyesiiStainz/status/847227253662507008

Someone said "The boy should go and look for his gender elsewhere o" #Keepthechangebae 😂😂

— Miss Signage (@missphrankie) March 29, 2017

Adedeji has since apologised to the lady for his outburst.