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Dad’s Return To Nigeria Homeless After 30 Years In UK, US Sad – Son

Published by Fakinlede Tope John on December 17th, 2023.

Dad’s Return To Nigeria Homeless After 30 Years In UK, US Sad – Son

Did you call your dad?

I called my father and we spoke. He tried explaining some things to me but I told him that my mother should be his first point of contact and that if he reconciled with her, it was all fine with me.

After that, he regularly called me but I didn’t warm up to him. This year, in June, he called me and informed me that he was with my mother in Ilesa. I spoke to my mother through his phone and all was settled. He also saw my mother’s new family. This came about six or seven years after our first contact notifying me that he was in Nigeria After about two days, he called me and told me that he also wanted to meet me and he travelled down to Ilesa to see me and my family.

How many children do you have?

Yes, I have a family already. I am married with three children.

How did you feel when you saw him for the first time after decades?

It was a sad reunion, I must be honest with you, especially when he explained all he had gone through. I couldn’t cry but pity him because of the experiences he had and what life had shown him. I believe that when there is life, there is hope. I am trying my best to visit him in Lagos from Osogbo when I can.

How did your wife and children receive your father?

It was emotional. My wife had never seen him or his picture before so she didn’t recognise him. I had to introduce both of them and also introduced him to my children as their grandfather. My children and wife were all surprised to reunite with their grandfather and father-in-law, respectively, after so many [quote]years.

How old are your children?

My first child, who’s a boy, is 19 years old and my second child is four years old. The third is a toddler who’s just four months old.