Inetimi Alfred Timaya Odon, better known by his stage name Timaya, is a well-known singer from Nigeria who has stated that "money is no longer the root of all evil.

He said attention is now “the root of all evil.”

On Tuesday morning, he made this statement via his Twitter account.

Timaya wrote, “Money is no longer the root of all evil. Attention is.”

His post elicited huge reactions, with many telling him that money has never been “the root of all evil,” but the love of it.