- A 70-year-old Nigerian man faces deportation after over 50 years in the US, and many people have come out to sympathise with his family
- His granddaughter shares a heartfelt TikTok story seeking support for her grandfather’s plight, and a TikToker asked her to lawyer up
- Deportation leaves him homeless in Nigeria, disconnected from family after decades in America, especially given that things have changed since he moved
A 50-year-old Nigerian man identified as Joe has reportedly been deported from the United States of America, and now he faces an uncertain future, as well as being disconnected from his family.
Source: TikTok
According to his granddaughter @magicim, the man who left Nigeria while still a teenager was deported from the United States (US) unceremoniously. She said her grandfather, whom she identified as Joe, left Nigeria at only 19 years old and has been in the country ever since.
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How will Joe survive in Nigeria?
Back in Nigeria, Grandpa Joe doesn’t have a support system.
“This morning, I woke up to the saddest news. I could have ever received. My grandfather, who has been in the United States, who no longer has a place to live in Nigeria, has been deported after living nearly five decades in the United States,” she said on TikTok.
“All his families here He has no place to live back home. To wake up to the news that he can never return has been truly heartbreaking.” she added.
How did Kenyans react to the man’s deportation?
Nat:
“Can I marry him so he can come back?”
MajorMicc:
“Moral of the story is he is 70 years old! Hasn’t been back home since he was 19 or in his early 20s Nigeria is completely different. He was deported without documentation and calls. Everything is happening so fast we still haven’t heard from him. Also my mom did talk to him twice when he was in Louisiana at the ice center, they charged her KSh 10,600 that she saw posted her account today.”
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Cody Sias:
“What did he do that warranted not becoming a citizen for fifty years?”
futr535:
“50 years? 50 years? Grandpa Joe is as American as any of us.”
Alexis:
“I sent you a message in regards to an immigration lawyer!”
Jess:
“They are deporting people with legal documents. Stop assuming he was undocumented. I’m so sorry, I really hope there’s something that can help. I hear a lot of people are going to Portugal.”
Pain as kids of deported man speak
Source: Facebook
In 2012, a young Samuel Kangethe went to study at the University of Michigan and later started his career as a talented accountant.
In 2016, he married a woman who helped him acquire a conditional Green Card but later officials suspected that it was obtained in a fraudulent way.
Now, he lives in Kenya, and his children desperately want him to go back to the US, and his wife says that they have developed many issues because of his leaving.
Source: NgGossips
