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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by achorladey: 5:24pm On Mar 14

Chai

Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by AngelicBeing: 5:24pm On Mar 14

Eriokanmi:
I'm not doubting this story. It happened to someone I know very closely about 18 years ago. He was deported from the US. The CBP said his visit was suspicious as his destination was different from the airline ticket and hotel reservations he was holding. He was detained in a cold cell and deported 2 days later.

Luckily for him, he got a schooling visa to one of the leading EU countries, now applied for a vacation as a student on an exchange programme. His visa was approved and he's been to USA like 5 times now. He lives and works in that European country now.

Don't give up bro. I was younger when I founded my company. You too can rise, just believe there's a reason for everything. Your story showed you're a child of God. He'll restore you and give you a sense of direction .

Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by HacheNoire: 5:24pm On Mar 14

ceejay80s:
Acres of land for 3 million.
He is a lair or the story is fake

You have never seen how desperate Japa candidates are!

After yahoo boys, they are next in selling things at unbelievable prices.

Just track them at the time they need that money.

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by zinaunreal(m): 5:24pm On Mar 14

Na you do yourself

Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by zinaunreal(m): 5:25pm On Mar 14

ceejay80s:
Acres of land for 3 million.
He is a lair or the story is fake

3 mil had value then

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by chronique(m): 5:25pm On Mar 14

I have a certain level of disgust and dislike for unintelligent people and can never pity them. How can you be traveling out of the country to a country for the first time with only 2 days left on your visa and you didn't think of the fact that you were doing something very silly? You think everyone has your kind of brain? I'm sure you were riding on hope/luck/favor but that was an extremely silly thing to do. Good you're building your life back though. Next time, pls don't be silly.

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by frankson1(m): 5:25pm On Mar 14

Ironfaceman:
This is what seasoned Christians call voice of the grave. One obstacle and you fall flat not wanting to get up.

We are living in a spiritual world, the Fools does not know this, only the prudent and the evil ones knows this.

Some think being a Christian is just about singing praise and worship or going to church in a beautiful dress. To be a Christian you most be ready to put on the whole armor of God.

Disappointment will always come in life but its your fortitude that will determine your direction.

Blabbing nonsense without giving him different suggestions on how to bounce back to get settled, pay the millions he owes and kick start another round of relocation plan.

Be using using Christianity and spirituality without facing reality to deceive yourself.

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by zinaunreal(m): 5:26pm On Mar 14

Alusiizizi:
Doesn't he know that immigration did him a favor by sending him back to Nigeria. Do you know that in the U.K, one plate of garri, egusi soup and 2 pieces of meat is about 20 pounds(40k Naira) while it cost less than 2k in Nigeria. Let him remain in Nigeria and enjoy cheap garri and soup.

You're so pointless

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by frankson1(m): 5:29pm On Mar 14

postigar:
It was the late entry that messed you up.
You had a 6months visa, and left for the country like 3-4days to the expiration of ur visa.
You must be very very dumb to think they would allow u in.
2ndly, you have never been to that country like once or 2ce b4 then. They would have given u benefit of doubt if u had been in and out of the country like once or twice

Maybe his passport was empty, he hadn't travelled much or travelled at all.

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Hoodrat(m): 5:31pm On Mar 14*

GOVERNORR:
A colleague at office committed suicide after taking much loans to Japa and then got scammed

😞

I am sorry to hear of such sad event. Your colleague’s death is a painful reminder of how dangerous the pressure to japa at all costs has become. It’s no longer just about travel it’s about people feeling so trapped, so ashamed, and so deceived by the illusion of life abroad that they destroy themselves trying to chase it. What happened to him connects directly to everything the nairaland poster of this story discussed, i had earlier rebuked a long term naiaralnder who in his bid to glamourized life abroad instructed both old and young to risk it all, sell their inheritance in naija to japa.

The hidden pressure behind the soft life performance Many Nigerians abroad unintentionally (and sometimes intentionally) create a false picture of success curated photos, selective updates, exaggerated comfort. Some do it out of insecurity, some out of pride, and some because they don’t want to admit how hard their reality truly is. But those images become a weapon against people back home, making them feel like failures for simply living their lives.

Your colleague wasn’t just scammed by an agent he was scammed by a narrative. A narrative that says: If you’re still in Nigeria, you’re wasting your life. Once you land abroad, everything becomes easy. Borrow money, sell everything it will pay off.These lies push people into desperation, and desperation is where tragedy happens.

The real cost of chasing a fantasy Your colleague took loans he couldn’t repay, carried shame he couldn’t bear, and faced a future he felt too embarrassed to explain. That emotional weight is heavier than any suitcase. And when the dream collapsed, he had nothing left to hold onto.

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Ironfaceman(op): 5:31pm On Mar 14

May be you only read my comment and not the write up.

Because you should know that the guy has been defeated psychologically. Like you mentioned. There will always be stumbling blocks to success but what an separate you from that is the will.

johannesburg:
So what are you saying now. Does been spiritual to the core as you express here means that temptation and calamities won't come?

Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Lanre1st(m): 5:31pm On Mar 14

Honestly I think you are a lucky guy with this story, but a mistake ruin your plan, "about to expire visa".

Failure is not the end

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Kalulu44: 5:32pm On Mar 14

CanadaOrBust:
He's telling a 2019 story based on 2025 exchange rate!

8 million Naira was $18,000 (eighteen thousand) dollars) in 2019.
STORY IS FAKE!

Hmm.... Honestly I hate doubting people's story that's why I didn't investigate well into what you just observed now. But be that as it may, I have aired my view on this japa syndrome of a thing

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by 123yes(m): 5:32pm On Mar 14

I pity you having read all your long message. But your situation can be an eye opener to so many people leaving this nation as JAPA..THE GREATEST mistake you made was to earlier pursue your Visa without money on ground to travel when the visa is ready Another mistake is to travel two days for your Visa to expire. Anyway that is bye gone now and you have learned a lesson. Why should I JAPA when you can be in Nigeria here and be making money in foreign currency even more than those people abroad through various online trading. With real training and seriousness you can start with like money and grow your capital over short period of time.. I pray that God direct you more to forget the past and have focus, you will surely bounce back. Good luck

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by miketayo(m): 5:34pm On Mar 14

Ironfaceman:
https://www.zikoko.com/money/i-raised-8m-to-japa-i-was-deported-the-next-day/

..

Might be a blessing in disguise. Good thing its a country in Asia, they don't share data with Australia, UK or US

Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Pee101: 5:34pm On Mar 14

Your story made me laugh very hard at the same time I cried reading it. The only thing I have to tell you is that don't give up. Keep pushing something better is coming.
Yes, a lot of people get deported from the airport, you are not the first and will never be the last, the only difference here's that you choose to share your experience and I want to believe that you have learnt from the mistakes.
I don't know if you are married , if you are not please 🙏 make it your top priority this year and don't settle with a liability . Look for a lady that is working with plans and purpose in life.
Trust me, you will still travel.

Ironfaceman:
https://www.zikoko.com/money/i-raised-8m-to-japa-i-was-deported-the-next-day/

Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Archworld(m): 5:36pm On Mar 14

The country no good but imagine if he had used that #8m to start a business in Nigeria.

Ironfaceman:
https://www.zikoko.com/money/i-raised-8m-to-japa-i-was-deported-the-next-day/

Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by grandstar(m): 5:37pm On Mar 14

Ironfaceman:
This is what seasoned Christians call voice of the grave. One obstacle and you fall flat not wanting to get up.

We are living in a spiritual world, the Fools does not know this, only the prudent and the evil ones knows this.

Some think being a Christian is just about singing praise and worship or going to church in a beautiful dress. To be a Christian you most be ready to put on the whole armor of God.

Disappointment will always come in life but its your fortitude that will determine your direction.

Do you think God blesses Japa?

There is nothing wrong if you japa, but it you must, respect Gods word. You want to travel on a tourist visa and start working illegally with papers, it is wrong. The Bible says you must obey the higher authorities, that is the government (Read Romans 13:1-7). If government says you cant work without a work permit, you are not only breaking the governments law, but also that of God.

At times, we may be able to get the work permit and all, but have you asked God if that is his will? Not everything is money. Many travel even with the right papers and regret it. Many wish they had remained in Nigeria.

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Ironfaceman(op): 5:39pm On Mar 14

I like your summation but it lacks reality. You can be a second class citizen in Nigeria. Do you know I was born in lagos and lived all my life in lagos but when I try to get state government jobs. The state government will tell me am not an indigenes.

While in Canada, I was a Nigerian I emigrated to Canada, I did as the law stipulates and became a citizen, then I tried my political ambition. And I became a governor in a foreign land..

Success isn't stagnant and where your heart finds success that is your home.

Hoodrat:
Many Nigerians abroad are not just posting their lives they are curating them. The snow pictures, the apartment tours, the soft life captions often hide the loneliness, the racism, the visa anxiety, the years of doing survival jobs, and the quiet fear of being sent home. Some amplify the glamour because they need the validation others do it to feel superior to those back home. But their insecurity should never become your compass.

The truth is simple not every shining abroad story is real, and not every quiet life in Nigeria is failure.There is dignity in living where you are not a second‑class human, where your progress isn’t controlled by immigration officers, and where your future isn’t held hostage by a resident permit renewal. In your own land, you don’t need to shrink your identity to fit in, or endure subtle humiliation just to survive.

Nigeria is hard nobody denies that. But it is also a place where you can build wealth without fighting a system designed to keep you at the bottom. Land, business, networks, community, identity these are resources many Nigerians abroad would give anything to regain. You can grow here without hiding, without pretending, without begging a foreign country to let you stay.

So take your eyes off the show-offs and the insecurity-driven I have arrived performances. Focus on building a real life where you stand on your own soil with your full dignity intact. Progress built at home may be slower, but it is solid and it is yours.

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Justnation: 5:40pm On Mar 14

Sorry for that experience, thank God you didn't commit suicide. Life goes on, belove in yourself, you will certainly make it.
Life is full of experiences, some good some bad but we must make good out of every situation we find ourselves.
Don't blame yourself at all, you tried hard to make it happen like a man with vision, but maybe that is not the way God has purposed for you.
Later in future you will travel abroad in honor

Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by smasher1(m): 5:40pm On Mar 14

Ironfaceman:
This is what seasoned Christians call voice of the grave. One obstacle and you fall flat not wanting to get up.

We are living in a spiritual world, the Fools does not know this, only the prudent and the evil ones knows this.

Some think being a Christian is just about singing praise and worship or going to church in a beautiful dress. To be a Christian you most be ready to put on the whole armor of God.

Disappointment will always come in life but its your fortitude that will determine your direction.

What's the essence of this post? Is japa the only solution to success? No. There are so many prosperous billionaires who made it by hard work in every state and towns in Nigeria. You too can be one of them. You don't need to japa to make it. You can succeed anywhere you are. And at a particular age, find another way to succeed. Relocation even within Nigeria Can take you back several years at times if not well planned.

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Ironfaceman(op): 5:46pm On Mar 14

What happened to isaiah 45:2,success comes with understanding.. From the young man's ac out his will has been defeated. For this type he is a candidate of the grave.

All I saying there are signs God must have given him. But he can't understand hence his predicament.

grandstar:
Do you think God blesses Japa?

There is nothing wrong if you japa, but it you must, respect Gods word. You want to travel on a tourist visa and start working illegally with papers, it is wrong. The Bible says you must obey the higher authorities, that is the government (Read Romans 13:1-7). If government says you cant work without a work permit, you are not only breaking the governments law, but also that of God.

At times, we may be able to get the work permit and all, but have you asked God if that is his will? Not everything is money. Many travel even with the right papers and regret it. Many wish they had remained in Nigeria.

Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Ironfaceman(op): 5:47pm On Mar 14

Name one Nigerian billionaire that was not involved in fraud or fraudulent politicians.

smasher1:
What's the essence of this post? Is japa the only solution to success? No. There are so many prosperous billionaires who made it by hard work in every state and towns in Nigeria. You too can be one of them. You don't need to japa to make it. You can succeed anywhere you are. And at a particular age, find another way to succeed. Relocation even within Nigeria Can take you back several years at times if not well planned.

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Zackattack: 5:47pm On Mar 14

Ironfaceman:
This is what seasoned Christians call voice of the grave. One obstacle and you fall flat not wanting to get up.

We are living in a spiritual world, the Fools does not know this, only the prudent and the evil ones knows this.

Some think being a Christian is just about singing praise and worship or going to church in a beautiful dress. To be a Christian you most be ready to put on the whole armor of God.

Disappointment will always come in life but it’s your fortitude that will determine your direction.

I don’t even know what to say to you. Why are Christian’s like this?

Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by CanadaOrBust: 5:48pm On Mar 14

Hemanwel:
This story: was it a true life experience or just a fairy tale? I asked because I am trying to connect some dotted lines from the story.

In the first paragraph, OP said he sold everything he had. Reading further, he said he was on a 60k salary, lived in a small self-contained apartment, didn't have a car, etc. So, what was the "everything" he sold?

Secondly, as at 2019, N8m was a lot of money! To now hear he used it to process japa to an Asian country?? Hmmm. That amount could conveniently take only you to the UK as at 2019.

I know of a close friend who travelled to the UK in 2022 with less than N5m through student route.

Bimpe29:
It must have been a very traumatic and difficult phase of your life. You rationally thought and planned for a greener pasture like everyone else in the diaspora, but it wasn't meant to be as in your case. However, downfall of a man is never the end of his life. Arise again and fulfill your dream of making it in life.

josielewa:
ATIMES, ALL YOU NEED IS JUST HAPPINESS AND NOT TOO MUCH MONEY. IF SOMEONE HAD TOLD HIM TO INVEST THAT 8 MILLION IN NIGERIA, HE WOULD HAVE ACHIEVED MORE THAN HE HAS ACHIEVED TODAY. IMAGINE USING THAT TO GET A TOYOTA HIACE BUS GOING FROM LAGOS TO BENIN, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER BY NOW. WE ALL SHOULD LEARN TO INVEST IN NIGERIA, THERE ARE SECTORS IN NIGERIA THAT WILL GIVE YOU GOOD RETURNS ON YOUR MONEY

Kalulu44:
Call me whatever you like, but I won't have 8, 9,10m and above and think of leaving Nigeria.
I keep saying this, I love Naija so much that I would rather make money here and only go abroad for holidays and sightseeing.
I can only leave Naija now that I haven't make it, but if I am worth above #5m, I won't think of leaving at all. I will continue the hustle that got me #5m in the first place to make it #10m and more. Anything abroad is just to go flex

He paid 2.8m (about $8,000) for plane ticket
STORY IS FAKE!
Can't even align the math of his fake story

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by zionstaar75(m): 5:53pm On Mar 14

Ironfaceman:
https://www.zikoko.com/money/i-raised-8m-to-japa-i-was-deported-the-next-day/

very foolish move,I can't sell anything too travel.My Dad sent 3 of his younger siblings to study in the USA, none of them achieved anything and one even died there.i will continue enjoying this great country for the rest of my life.between nowand first week in April 1 million sure and na foodstuff i go use everything buy.ive paid my kids school fees till September and I'm a landlord so I don't pay rent.i don't give a hoot about Europe or America, GOD BLESS NIGERIA!!!

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by CaptainFM1: 5:57pm On Mar 14

I will keep saying it. Japa is not for lazy people.

Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Ironfaceman(op): 5:59pm On Mar 14

Wow 3 siblings. Well from your write up God has been kind to you. But every man has his own cross to carry.

zionstaar75:
very foolish move,I can't sell anything too travel.My Dad sent 3 of his younger siblings to study in the USA, none of them achieved anything and one even died there.i will continue enjoying this great country for the rest of my life.between nowand first week in April 1 million sure and na foodstuff i go use everything buy.ive paid my kids school fees till September and I'm a landlord so I don't pay rent.i don't give a hoot about Europe or America, GOD BLESS NIGERIA!!!

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by Fujiyama: 6:01pm On Mar 14*

Hoodrat:
Many Nigerians abroad are not just posting their lives they are curating them. The snow pictures, the apartment tours, the soft life captions often hide the loneliness, the racism, the visa anxiety, the years of doing survival jobs, and the quiet fear of being sent home. Some amplify the glamour because they need the validation others do it to feel superior to those back home. But their insecurity should never become your compass.

The truth is simple not every shining abroad story is real, and not every quiet life in Nigeria is failure.There is dignity in living where you are not a second‑class human, where your progress isn’t controlled by immigration officers, and where your future isn’t held hostage by a resident permit renewal. In your own land, you don’t need to shrink your identity to fit in, or endure subtle humiliation just to survive.

Nigeria is hard nobody denies that. But it is also a place where you can build wealth without fighting a system designed to keep you at the bottom. Land, business, networks, community, identity these are resources many Nigerians abroad would give anything to regain. You can grow here without hiding, without pretending, without begging a foreign country to let you stay.

So take your eyes off the show-offs and the insecurity-driven I have arrived performances. Focus on building a real life where you stand on your own soil with your full dignity intact. Progress built at home may be slower, but it is solid and it is yours.

^^^
You have made some good points - can't deny that. But some of your assertions can be challenged.

First of all, there are Nigerians living as second class humans in their own country today. No need to say more about this.

There are people whose livelihoods depend on the inter-state movement of people and goods in Nigeria - and these people have watched their business model collapse over the past few years. There are ordinary people whose lives have been ruined by just one encounter with the moguls of Nigeria's billion Naira kidnap industry. People have borrowed money and also sold land, homes, cars and other assets to pay ransom for their loved ones languishing in the hands of kidnappers. There is a young man on NYSC duty who is in captivity at the moment and his family have all but given up on him. How does this any of this make any sense?

We can all agree that there is dysfunction and violent crime in foreign countries too. The capital city of our former colonial overlords is derisively referred to as 'the city of blades' because of gangs of knife wielding youth roaming the streets. I would argue that it costs less to to get a firearm in one big North American 'superpower' than it does to get a nutritious meal, morning, afternoon or night. But if 200 people in a village or county in these countries were massacred in two days by 'unknown' armed men - it would bring down the government.

There are real costs to Nigeria's insecurity. The problem isn't going to go away on its own. Until the issue is tackled, the exodus will continue.

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Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by 12345baba(m): 6:03pm On Mar 14

From this ur story u no even involve God for the matter

Re: I Raised ₦8 Million To Japa. I Was Deported The Next Day by onuman: 6:04pm On Mar 14

postigar:
It was the late entry that messed you up.
You had a 6months visa, and left for the country like 3-4days to the expiration of ur visa.
You must be very very dumb to think they would allow u in.
2ndly, you have never been to that country like once or 2ce b4 then. They would have given u benefit of doubt if u had been in and out of the country like once or twice

And his dumbest act: carrying too many stuffed boxes.

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