Nigerian interior designer and entrepreneur Ehi Ogbebor appears to have put her friendships to the test after reaching out to some of her close friends with an unusual request: an urgent loan.
Among those she contacted were Soso Soberekon, Eva Ogbebor and Dabota Lawson, alongside other friends.
The exercise raised an interesting question about friendship and closeness: When you urgently need help, who can you genuinely count on?
Rather than simply asking her friends for a casual favour, Ehi reportedly approached them with a request for urgent huge financial assistance.
The idea appears to have been to see how her friends would respond when she needed immediate help.
She reached out to several people within her inner circle, including Soso Soberekon, Eva Egbobor and Dabota Lawson.
The reactions from the people she contacted became the candid part of the experiment.
Ehi's test touches on a question many people can relate to: Is it better to have many friends or a small circle of dependable people?
Having hundreds of contacts, followers or acquaintances does not necessarily mean having people who will show up when life becomes difficult.
For some people, genuine friendship is revealed during moments when there is nothing to gain from helping.
That appears to be the bigger idea behind Ehi's experiment.
Money can be a particularly revealing subject in friendships.
Someone may be available for parties, outings and social events, but responding when a friend says they urgently need financial help can be very different.
That does not necessarily mean someone who refuses to lend money is a bad friend. People have different financial boundaries, circumstances and attitudes toward lending.
Ehi's experiment provides an opportunity to look beyond the number of people in someone's social circle and ask a more important question:
Who can you genuinely rely on?
The experiment highlights the difference between having many friends and having meaningful friendships.
A large social circle can provide companionship and connections, but difficult moments often reveal which relationships have genuine depth.
Ultimately, friendship should not be measured solely by whether someone is willing to send money.
Trust, emotional support, honesty, loyalty and showing up when someone needs help can be equally important.
Ehi Ogbebor's money request therefore becomes more than a celebrity social-media moment. It raises a question many people eventually confront:
When you really need someone, who will answer the call?
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