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Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Grit2943(m): 8:26am On Aug 02, 2023 |
SAO PAULO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - On their tenth day at sea, the four Nigerian stowaways crossing the Atlantic in a tiny space above the rudder of a cargo ship ran out of food and drink. They survived another four days, according to their account, by drinking the sea water crashing just meters below them, before being rescued by Brazilian federal police in the southeastern port of Vitoria. Their remarkable, death-defying journey across some 5,600 kilometers (3,500 miles) of ocean underlines the risks some migrants are prepared to take for a shot at a better life. It was a terrible experience for me," said 38-year-old Thankgod Opemipo Matthew Yeye, one of the four Nigerians, in an interview at a Sao Paulo church shelter. "On board it is not easy. I was shaking, so scared. But I'm here." Their relief at being rescued soon gave way to surprise. The four men said they had hoped to reach Europe and were shocked to learn they had in fact landed on the other side of the Atlantic, in Brazil. Two of the men have since been returned to Nigeria upon their request, while Yeye and Roman Ebimene Friday, a 35-year-old from Bayelsa state, have applied for asylum in Brazil. "I pray the government of Brazil will have pity on me," said Friday, who had already attempted to flee Nigeria by ship once before but was arrested by authorities there. Both men said economic hardship, political instability and crime had left them with little option but to abandon their native Nigeria. Africa's most populous country has longstanding issues of violence and poverty, and kidnappings are endemic. Yeye, a pentecostal minister from Lagos state, said his peanut and palm oil farm was destroyed by floods this year, leaving him and his family homeless. He hopes they can now join him in Brazil. Friday said his journey to Brazil began on June 27, when a fisherman friend rowed him up to the stern of the Liberian-flagged Ken Wave, docked in Lagos, and left him by the rudder. To his surprise, he found three men already there, waiting for the ship to depart. Friday said he was terrified. He had never met his new shipmates and feared they could toss him into the sea at any moment. Once the ship was moving, Friday said the four men made every effort not to be discovered by the ship's crew, who they also worried might offer them a watery grave. "Maybe if they catch you they will throw you in the water," he said. "So we taught ourselves never to make a noise." Spending two weeks within spitting distance of the Atlantic Ocean was perilous. To prevent themselves from falling into the water, Friday said the men rigged up a net around the rudder and tied themselves to it with a rope. When he looked down, he said he could see "big fish like whales and sharks." Due to the cramped conditions and the noise of the engine, sleep was rare and risky. "I was very happy when we got rescued," he said. Father Paolo Parise, a priest at the Sao Paulo shelter, said he had come across other cases of stowaways, but never one so dangerous. Their journey paid testament to lengths people will go in search of a new start, he said. "People do unimaginable and deeply dangerous things." https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/four-nigerians-rescued-brazil-survived-14-days-ships-rudder-2023-08-01/ 13 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by MrsTwrite(f): 8:31am On Aug 02, 2023 |
Thank God they survived. 93 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by CJStarz: 9:12am On Aug 02, 2023 |
Thank God for their survival. Short of words here. 58 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by chocboi78(m): 10:18am On Aug 02, 2023 |
Omor things o. They were more concerned about not landing in Europe 😂😂 82 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Firefyta: 1:07pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
May god see us through in all our endeavors 17 Likes |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by ibechris(m): 2:01pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
Those guys will not return to Nigeria,because Brazil is very much lenient to immigrants. 145 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by tensazangetsu20(m): 2:16pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
They are lucky. Brazil is heaven on earth compared to any place in Africa 84 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by ednut1(m): 2:21pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
ibechris:2 of them have voluntarily returned to Nigeria 52 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Purvan(m): 2:51pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
tensazangetsu20: SMH Brazil is just like nigeria bruh but without the hardship instead more crimes There's no heaven in Brazil except you're rich 124 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Mindlog: 3:35pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
They stared at death for 14 days! 42 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Karleb(m): 6:30pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
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Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by tensazangetsu20(m): 6:56pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
Purvan: Have you been to Brazil? 30 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Purvan(m): 7:04pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
tensazangetsu20: Yea in my dreams :-) 9 Likes |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by tensazangetsu20(m): 7:08pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
Purvan: Then don't talk about wetin you no sabi. 35 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by spinna: 7:11pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
Imagine all that stress for racist and violent Brazil. 14 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by ScalesDemy: 11:17pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
They should consider themselves lucky to have been rescued in Brazil. 4 Likes |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by OyinbowithaTan(m): 11:23pm On Aug 02, 2023 |
Safer than climbing into the landing gear well of an Airliner lol. 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Gerrard59(m): 6:37am On Aug 03, 2023 |
Purvan: So mention the country in Africa that is better off than Brazil? You people just type nonsense anyhow. 66 Likes 9 Shares |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Purvan(m): 6:52am On Aug 03, 2023 |
Gerrard59: SMH Gabon Kenya Morocco The only good thing in Brazil is booze, food and women I've lived in Sao Paulo and escaped death twice by unknown gunmen 74 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by 1Alex: 7:11am On Aug 03, 2023 |
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Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Gerrard59(m): 8:31am On Aug 03, 2023 |
Purvan: I do agree that Brazil is unsafe due to many criminals. But Kenya is not better off and certainly not Gabon. That is like saying Bonny Island is better off than Edo state. Apples to oranges. Even at that, Gabon is notoriously poor. I am willing to bet Bonny residents have higher living standards than Gabonese. Morocco is not an "African" country. Africa here means black Africa. 36 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Dyfynezz12(m): 12:42pm On Aug 03, 2023 |
No wonder the whites think we are half human nd half animal 13 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Duecellense: 3:45pm On Aug 03, 2023 |
Lucky people 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Bar1941(m): 3:46pm On Aug 03, 2023 |
Some people are just too desperate, they behave as if they had a spare life kept elsewhere to replace the one they are toying with. Getting rich in life is not just about traveling abroad and going overseas should not be a do or die affair. Even in New York, Toronto and London, we have many who are begging for shelter and survival. If at all you want to japa, it shouldn't be at the detriment of your precious life. 28 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by rajiedreez: 3:46pm On Aug 03, 2023 |
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Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by FOOTSOLDIER2(f): 3:46pm On Aug 03, 2023 |
Buhari Ronu, Yoruba Ronu, Tinubu Ronu APC Ronu ![]() ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by RareJob4: 3:48pm On Aug 03, 2023 |
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Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Nazgul: 3:48pm On Aug 03, 2023 |
Please I want to ask. The oil Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar... etc has, is the same oil we have here in Nigeria? Cos with the kind of oil and other mineral resources we have in this country, it's almost impossible to believe that Nigeria has one of the lowest GDP per capita in the world. It's citizens are languishing in abject poverty. 22 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by Suspect33(m): 3:48pm On Aug 03, 2023 |
Thankgod Opemipo Matthew Yeye Ronu wants to run away, lol, Opemimo, you are going nowhere. You're yet to teach us that lesson you promised we'd learn ![]() 22 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Four Nigerians, Rescued In Brazil, Survived 14 Days On A Ship's Rudder by kheny12(m): 3:48pm On Aug 03, 2023 |
Have read something similar like this before,so this thing Na true.May God help us in this in this trying period.Hope the remaining two grant asylum in Brazil. 1 Like 1 Share |
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