Couple Who Lived in United States for 35 Years Relocate to Nigeria but Run back abroad
- After 35 years of living in America, a Nigerian couple decided to return to Nigeria and were hosted in a send-forth party
- Quite unexpectedly, the couple who had intended to retire in Nigeria were seen back in the United States
- An entrepreneur and the CEO of a media group, who was part of the send-forth, has broken silence on the matter
A couple have left Nigeria and returned to the United States where they had lived for 35 years.
D’vine Television CEO Opeyemi Babalola shared the couple’s story on X and got people talking.
The couple spent 35 years in the United States.
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According to Opeyemi, they had a send-forth for the couple and other older couples in April as they wanted to retire in Nigeria.
He was, however, shocked to see them in church in the United States recently, suggesting they changed their minds. He wrote:
“We had a sent forth party for older couples in April. They have stayed in the US for 35 years and went to Nigeria for their retirement. I saw them in church again yesterday.
“Dem don come back. 😂”
See his tweet below:
Mixed reactions trail the couple’s action
@HelloChioma said:
“If you’ve lived in the US for that many years, coming back to Nigeria to settle will be too much of a culture shock. I would have said they should move to the carribean as an alternative, but I understand the need to be in your own land.”
@ChukXMulti_P said:
“Why will anyone spend 35 years in US,retire and then decide its thus Nigeria they want to come back and live? Why? 😂😂😂😂”
@dunua said:
“Hmmmmm, lucky them 🤣😂. These days Nigeria can happen to anybody both old and young. They should hold on until a new Nigeria which is POssible is attained.”
@iamFolaKola said:
“A friend had a ghastly accident. Couldn’t be treated here due to how severe her injury was.
“She was flown abroad for surgery. Few years after her surgery, she was blo.wing hot how Naija is the best place to be in a heated argument.
“We all reminded her her story.
“She went mute!ee.
“One of my uncles who has been a professor in the US for more than 3 decades once relocated but ran back and left the house he built in Nigeria after 3 months. Baba japaed the second time 😃😃.”
@ENIOLANIMI30 said:
“Them go first do thanks giving to God for sparing their lives 😂 .
“A former colleague of my husband was on call with him last night telling him how Nigeria is the best place to be so my husband asked him if he’d visited his family lately? He said they now live with him in U.S 😂.”
Fox Nigeria reported that a lady who spent just 13 days in Nigeria had lamented her experience.
Couple return to Nigeria after 25 years
Meanwhile, Fox Nigeria previously reported that a couple had returned to Nigeria after 25 years in the United States.
Months back, their thoughtful family members threw them a surprise send-off party in America in anticipation of their return home. Nneoma, one of their granddaughters, shared a video of the aged couple with the family on TikTok as she narrated how their return home went.
According to Nneoma, her grandparents are more than life partners. She said they are each other’s best friends and have been together for 62 years. She took delight in the fact that they are still alive and watched her grow into a fine young woman.
Source: Fox Nigeria
