"I'm Dying": Nigerian Student Starving in School Cries out from His Room, Video Melts hearts
- A young Nigerian student has tearfully appealed to people for help over his predicament at school
- In an emotional video, the young man said he had been starving for weeks and was at the point of death
- The student went on to shed light on his family and revealed he had no father but only a mum who works as a farmer
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It is often said that a closed mouth is a closed destiny, and a Nigerian student has tearfully opened up about his sad situation at school.
The Niger Delta University student, @whisky_dennis, cried out in a video that things had been so hard for him since he entered the tertiary institution.
According to @whisky_dennis, he has nobody to help as his father is deceased and his mother is a farmer.
He added that he had no friends and had been starving for weeks. @whisky_dennis lamented that he was dying.
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The wording on his TikTok video reads:
"Since I came to this school, things have been so hard for me. Nobody to help me. My dad is late. My mum is a farmer. No family. No friends. I'm dying. I've been starving for weeks. I'm dying."
Watch the video below:
Netizens show him support
Many netizens offered to help him after watching his video.
Lõvêr girl said:
"It is hard for some people and easy for some we are different so be strong for yourself and your mum okay ♥️ drop aza."
Jennylola95 said:
"Some people no just get sense which wan be me way no go school I no get sense abi? Nobody is the cause of ur misfortune naw."
user1861959487362 said:
"Education is not by force bro if it not working please go home many successful people out there did not even smell education please be strong."
mark said:
"If its seriously that hard so badly for you. Eat first before school. That money you are spending fir textbooks and school fees bro use am chop..."
simply_maha said:
"The first thing that came to my mind was, but u get data, but I remember av been in same shoes, most times sef, but wait na iPhone u dey us."
favouribeneme8 said:
"I no get sponsor so I no bother go, but I believe say them no Dey big pass school….. I go make am and I go still go school."
Engineering student cries out over course's toughness
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh previously reported that an engineering student had cried out over how challenging his course was.
The TikTok user, identified as @scott.x__x, a student at the University of Ilorin, posted a video of his notebook showing the formulas he had to prove.
The video showed him proving four formulas and stating that he still had about six more formulas to prove, making it a total of ten.
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