Young Man Whose Dad Rode Okada Takes His Parents To The UK, Shares Heartwarming Pictures

Young Man Whose Dad Rode Okada Takes His Parents To The UK, Shares Heartwarming Pictures

  • A Nigerian youth has taken to social media to excitedly celebrate flying his parents to the United Kingdom
  • The overseas-based man revealed his father was once an okada man in Lagos and his mum a hairdresser
  • Pictures of the young man and his parents overseas has stirred reactions online as people commended him

A Nigerian man, @YorubaBoy__, has expressed joy at flying his mum and dad to the UK.

In a tweet on X, @YorubaBoy__ shared pictures he took with his parents overseas following their arrival.

Man rejoices as he flies parents to the UK
He took his parents to the UK. The image on the left is for illustration purpose and is unrelated to the story. Photo Credit: Aaron Foster, X/(@YorubaBoy_)
Source: UGC

@YorubaBoy__, who is based in the UK, stated that his father was a motorcycle rider (locally known as okada rider) and his mum a hairdresser. He wrote:

"My dad was once an okada man in Lagos and my mom a local hairdresser, today I brought them abroad."

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His tweet blew up on social media and garnered over 4k likes and over 600 retweets at the time of this report.

In a related feat, a young man had taken his mum shopping in Sweden.

See his tweet below:

People celebrate @YorubaBoy__'s feat

@UdenigweNwamaka said:

"This is incredible.
"Your hard work has truly paid off.
"Your parents must be so proud."

@Drey_Ayaworan said:

"God that did it for you to make them happy will did it for me amen ."

@Jenny95352 said:

"Congratulations.
"I pray I will also take my parents out of trenches."

@Ifeanyi82 said:

"Congratulations man. Real proper dub. More success."

@juwzkidofficial said:

"Haaa you will always know peace,joy,happiness,greatness and God Almighty will always bless you abundantly and always be with you for the rest of your life cuz this one wey you do so haaa no sorrow will come on board for you Amen."

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@Sandydistinct said:

"Congrats... Our parents will reap the rewards of their labour. Amen."

@CoadedIBK said:

"Nice one. Congrats. I pray every parent that toiled on their kids live long and enjoy the fruit of their labour."

@MusaEnone said:

"Some were lucky, their parents made for them.
"Our parents are lucky we'll make it for them. ."

Man Comes Back From Abroad To Surprise Mother

Meanwhile, a Ghanaian man returned from abroad to surprise his mother on her 60th birthday.

The young man had been gone for several years and when his mum saw him, she was overwhelmed with emotions.

In the video the 60-year-old screamed and jumped when she saw her son in the room.

Source: Legit.ng

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