After spending five years in a Libyan prison, this Nigerian man came home only to meet the most devastating situation he could ever have bargained for.

A Nigerian man who was recently deported from Libya after being in prison for over years has been in tears following the calamity that befell his household where his only son died in his absence while his wife got married to his best friend.

The devastated man whose name was given as Harrison , narrated at a deliverance service at the Synagogue Church of All Nations [SCOAN], how he left the country for greener pastures in Europe with Italy being his destination.

However, he ended up in a Libya prison after he narrowly escaped death on a makeshift boat which capsized with 142 immigrants on board.

Succour came for Harrison when the International Organisation for Migration [IMO], an arm of the United Nations secured his release and eventual deportation.

But on coming back to Nigeria, hoping to get back into the warm embrace of his family, he realized that his wife who thought that he had died in his quest for greener pastures, had gotten married to his best friend who should have been looking after his family.

To make the matter worse, Harrison was also hit with the news that his only son had died in his absence.

Read Harrison's story here as narrated by the media team of the SCOAN:

''142 people out on the intrepid voyage that night. 142 naive men, women and children on a journey to the unknown. 142 people recklessly risking their lives in the pursuit of a ‘better future’ in Europe.

But the 142 never arrived. 139 descended to a watery grave that night. 139 families cruelly robbed of their loved one. 139 destinies battered by the howling winds of the Mediterranean Seas.

Harrison was one of the only three survivors, clinging desperately onto an empty oil can. Unbeknown to him, the life he stubbornly clung to was a reality far worse than death.

A better life lay waiting for him, they said. A land flowing with the proverbial ‘milk and honey’. An ‘easy job’ with ‘easy money’ abroad.

Desperadoes easily fell for the tactics of deception and Harrison agreed.

The married dock-worker who had recently lost his job was lured into the false belief that traveling to Europe, ‘no matter the cost’, was the best option. What began with hope ended up in a journey of perilous danger and bitter despair.

Harrison set out five years ago, bidding his wife and young son a tearful farewell and promising he would speak with them as soon as he reached Italy. He never did.

A tumultuous passage through the deserts finally led the young Nigerian to the North African nation of Libya. Alongside 141 others, hustled into a small rubber dinghy, Harrison was pushed into the sea by those heading an intricate network of human trafficking.

Mid-journey, the makeshift boat hit a rock and began leaking. Chaos ensued. As water began filling up the boat amidst the screams and cries of its occupants, Harrison beheld a shocking sight that seared his conscience.

A mother held her crying baby aloft as the frail boat began to sink. Before his eyes, he witnessed the ocean swallow mother and son. Gone. Life snuffed out in one foul watery swoop.

As the boat capsized, Harrison grabbed an empty can that once contained oil. To his left and right, those he traveled with submerged into the abyss. With his strength failing, a ship of Libyan coast guards emerged from the shadows.

Hauled aboard, his ‘rescuers’ brutally beat him to a stupor. The following morning, he painfully awoke – not in hospital – but in a dingy prison cell.

The horrors Harrison witnessed in a Libyan underground dungeon go far beyond the meager description mere words can provide. It was almost five years of hell on earth.

Life became cheap to the startling degree that Harrison witnessed dead bodies carried out of the cell on a daily basis. With hopes of a release barely minimal and scores of new inmates pouring into the dungeons daily, the young Nigerian had an unusual dream one night.

He saw himself in a large church receiving prayers from a man of God. He woke in a cold sweat. Shortly afterward, Harrison was among the over 600 Nigerians in Libya who were deported with the intervention of the International Organisation for Migration [IOM], a branch of the United Nations.

However, freedom came along with a heartbreaking reality. Returning to his home in Ejigbo, Lagos State, the first residents who saw the ‘prodigal son’, disbelievingly threw sand on him, thinking he was a ghost.

Rumours had spread like wildfire that Harrison had died since his departure five years earlier. Assuring them he was a real person, he was led solemnly to his former house. There, the shock of his life awaited.

His wife had remarried – to his best friend. His only son had died. Five years wasted. Five years lost. Five years that changed everything.

Forlorn and malnourished, Harrison recalled the dream he had in the Libyan prison and headed to Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN). He was not alone.

In May 2017, more than N15 million was provided to deportees by the church’s humanitarian arm, alongside two bags of rice each. This show of compassion touched him to the core as he realized that what he sought for abroad was actually available in his own country.

Harrison called on the youths of Nigeria to never undergo such a journey and be content with what they have. After hearing his sordid experiences, Prophet T.B. Joshua gave Harrison the sum of N120,000 to help him start a new life."

http://opera.pulse.ng/gist/metro/deportee-in-tears-as-only-son-dies-wife-marries-best-friend-id7519899.html

Touching.

There are lots of blames to go round,starting from the man himself and ending with his friend and wife.

May the soul of his son rest in peace.

Thank you Pastor T.B Joshua.

Waiting for those that don't know how to read ,that will still blame Buhari for making this man to leave Nigeria 5 years ago when Goodluck Jonathan was President.

So sad.

As we post now,some stubborn ones are on voyage of no return. May God deliver us from worthless people. hete

Fucken long

Eeeehyah

ggrin:
Fucken long

u r standing on a long thing

Yeligray:
u r standing on a long thing

who's this one?

HungerBAD:
Touching.

There are lots of blames to go round,starting from the man himself and ending with his friend and wife.

May the soul of his son rest in peace.

Thank you Pastor T.B Joshua.

blame a man who wanted to leave this god forsaken country to go & make money to cater for his family


Guy, if life frustrate u u go trek enter Europe

ggrin:
who's this one?

the guy from the other room

The write up looks like a novel

But, the government is at fault after all. No one will try to leave his country by all means if the condition was favorable

rawpadgin:
blame a man who wanted to leave this god forsaken country to go & make money to cater for his family


Guy, if life frustrate u u go trek enter Europe

5 Years ago, Goodluck Jonathan was the President and according to the empty heads that still sing his praise, Nigeria five years ago was the best in the World.

And you call it God forsaken then?

HungerBAD:


5 Years ago, Goodluck Jonathan was the President and according to the empty heads that still sing his praise, Nigeria five years ago was the best in the World.

And you call it God forsaken then?

Nigeria has always been a hell

This kind of thing can pain for Africa, chai
The man tried but still he failed, well it's not the end of his life. As for the woman, na wa. Even if you wan marry must it be his best friend? Rip Son

Even Still... People leave the country illegally

So sad. The blame starts from devil who pushed him to Libya of all places to his village people who push am go prison, his wife who couldn't wait to ascertain his situation before jumping to another man and finally to his best friend abi enemy who of all the ladies around chose to marry his best friend's wife.

By the way, RIP to his son.

You left your wife for 5 years with no communication n u r wondering why she moved on with a life? You took a risk as a lot of us do everyday n this one blew right in your face.

Nobody should blame the woman or his friend. He shares the blame alone.

Man up bro that is life for u, but for ur best friend must he be the one to marry ur self, that is why i dnt have frnds i only keep play mate bt nt frnds

I smell lies. Libyans coast guards dont rescue anyone. Its none of thier business abeg. Some fools are enroute agadez as we speak from katsina

Don't use your ex-wife to curry favor, Mr man
She got broken. Forget about whom she married for now.
What startup can 120k pull? This should be your concern.

Chaaai

So sad reading this....

Stay home and hustle. More pride in struggling in your country than being a slave elsewhere

SUPER HUMAN SCAR'S NOWADAYS

Once any small thing happens to a mans financial life women will flee but try holding small change and see how they will flock to you like the ark of Noah

For crying out loud, the wife had to move on with life since she thought she has lost both husband and child. Don't demonise the woman, I would have done worst. He is visiting synagogue to see if something would drop. If he had spent those wasted years in Nigeria, he would have been better off. I lost count of the number of these desert traveller my father has saved. He opened a communal workshop where they can learn and earn. They don't buy tools, they share.

K

This matter weak me

women?

OK.

Oga she must have been through a lot . she has cried without having any shoulder to cry on, its now your turn to cry.

After God,fear women.
The man should take heart

Listen to my songs @ http://my.notjustok.com/p/oracle

Eeya. But many of them are like this. You leave your wife, children, without money, foods, shelter, and take an unending journey illegally. You think it is easy for the woman. It takes the grace of God for such woman nit to find alternative way to make ends meet. I have seen a lot of church members doing well before their husbands leave them for greener pastures especially to Europe. The family are now suffering seriously.
They will stop communicating to their family. They won't send any money because they too are still struggling to eat talk less of working.
Many cases that they even remarry citizens when they get over there. That is why I don't support such illegal trips to get greener pastures. If you don't go legally, then forget it. It is not the way you think it is over there. And to the women/ladies that their husbands have potential of doing such, it is better to start small business at least to put something on the table so that you won't find your self in a tight corner.