From the quality of the picture, it's easy to conclude that the OP is far from the hearing distance of the scenery,so little details is deducible here without the conversation records. That the man was on his knee begging doesn't necessarily mean that he's begging for money. He might be begging for forgiveness, the possibility of them been acquainted cannot be ruled out.

Na Buhari cause am ... Change indeed

NEHLIVE:
As you celerate this Easter wining an dinning, please remember that there are some human beings who are facing the most humiliating level of poverty and who need your help. A Newseveryhour.com reader sent in the photos and shares his encounter..

"Please don't mind my poor photography. I just have to share this. This is the height of humiliation I have seen. Poverty is not good. Last night, I was coming from work and saw this man at the traffic around the overhead bridge close to the Lekki Toll gate and adjacent the Oriental Hotel. I saw this man as he suddenly walked Close to an apparently rich man waiting in his posh car at the traffic light. He kneeled down there in the middle of the busy express road and started begging him for money. I felt bad as I couldn't just stop wondering what level of poverty could make a man this able to go on his knees publicly on the road to start begging a fellow man for money."

http://www.newseveryhour.com/2016/03/man-goes-on-his-kneels-on-lagos-express.html

@OP.....Sho pe ti e

Cutehector:
dat man may be Jesus

Lolsssss.. People and reasoning eeee . abi he might be Jesus ?

Truckpusher:
Real men don't beg , they use their brain and do and undo to at least put food on their table.
I'd rather die than beg like this.
No matter the level of poverty , rethink your value system and make your own scale of preference and make do with your current situation and live according to the way you find yourself.
There is dignity in labour no matter how odd .

Truckpusher you are absolutely right on that. No way in this world should able body begs for money.

ayopo10:
If you were born into poverty make sure you don't die in it.

Gbam.

Op... I can't recall how many times i have seen that guy in that same spot begging for money, not once and not even ten times. He is always there kneeling down and begging for money from people who are waiting for the traffic light pass them. Please ignore him whenever you come across his likes there. He is also not alone there although i haven't been seeing the second guy lately.

Again there're so many hausa's about seven to eight yrs old within that area begging for money and at night some of them count their earnings which is compressed inside poly-bag. I used to see them all the time beside the over head-bridge stairs.

If few cripple can think of selling pure-water, tissue paper, cotton wool, pencil, marker, bottle water and so on just for them to earn something even if it is little, then that guy don't have any excuse to venture into selling handkerchief to earn him money. How old is he that he can't go to where construction is going on around Atlantic Beach Estate just about 15min walk to the site. There are so many people working there as a laborer and you'll see females carrying head-pan filled with mixed cement up and them.

There are still few jobs out there for folks like him if he really wants to work. Stop helping people who will turn to criminal if you stop given them money.

Happy Sunday!

martyns303:
In as much as I don't condone begging, there are some hopeless situations you would find yourself you would loose all sense of dignity and the only thing on your mind is how to solve your problem.

We have all thrown our dignity away and begged at one point or another, the mode is what makes the difference.

I once knelt, hell!!! I even lay on the floor to beg a professor.

No be money u beg am 4 na!




Nor be, "Pls let my ppl go" u beg am 4?

dammytosh:
Things are really very hard but instead of begging there are things he could decide to do.

There was a time a guy came to me in front of my office that can he wash my car ? i asked why ?

He said it was dirty and he was hungry. i told him to go ahead.

He washed and i gave him 5k.

I have bought several face towels for 1k from disabled on the Island. even though i dnt use them for anytin.

Giving a beggers alms is as led by my spirit. Roll in front of my tyre, i will reverse and change course.

God bless u!

Dat's d best way of positively contributin to one's survival, somethin of #20, u pay more 4 it jez to encourage d seller.

Before criticizing, think...

Yeah pics do say a thousand words, but
How can we be so sure from this pic alone that the kneeling guy was actually begging for money?

What if he was begging a striking doctor to help save the life of his dying son? (Just an example ; there are other possibilities)

Life could be cruel sometimes.

Now, this is another dimension.

aril:
Op... I can't recall how many times i have seen that guy in that same spot begging for money, not once and not even ten times. He is always there kneeling down and begging for money from people who are waiting for the traffic light pass them. Please ignore him whenever you come across his likes there. He is also not alone there although i haven't been seeing the second guy lately.
Again there're so many hausa's about seven to eight yrs old within that area begging for money and at night some of them count their earnings which is compressed inside poly-bag. I used to see them all the time beside the over head-bridge stairs.
If few cripple can think of selling pure-water, tissue paper, cotton wool, pencil, marker, bottle water and so on just for them to earn something even if it is little, then that guy don't have any excuse to venture into selling handkerchief to earn him money. How old is he that he can't go to where construction is going on around Atlantic Beach Estate just about 15min walk to the site. There are so many people working there as a laborer and you'll see females carrying head-pan filled with mixed cement up and them.
There are still few jobs out there for folks like him if he really wants to work. Stop helping people who will turn to criminal if you stop given them money.
Happy Sunday!

If you really do see him there always, then I think that kneeling guy deserves all the criticism for being lazy.
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BABANGBALI:
he is better than those people disgracing us in Malaysia.






















wait and see how their people will attack me here

Only local people will attack u..... more than a couple of times white people have begged me for money in d USA. Poverty is everywhere

Look well you ll see the man is there.

50% of companies in Victoria island have packed up. Imagine what it means for thousands of people that depended on these companies. It has never been like this before. Thanks for the gullible people that voted for apc.

Why do you conxlude that thr man id a beggar, what if he was recieving instructions covertly

op wht if dat man na d vulcaniser for the back of ur house, changing d man d oga tire? C d place u frm take d pix gan how I wan tak believe say u see d man wit ur korokoro eyes dey beg? U too far frm d secne.
So therefore I no believe

That jeep was in front of me,and the boy later came to meet me after begging the man without getting anything and he thought i had 1naira wit me... Though it was a boy of about 17 to 18 yrs old..
And dis happened at sand field by that shoprite traffic light while we were waiting for the green light..

Ayarabiasa:
Look well you ll see the man is there.

Not a man but a young boy..

Well car is car though but that jeep doesnt strike me as a dope ride

NEHLIVE:
As you celerate this Easter wining an dinning, please remember that there are some human beings who are facing the most humiliating level of poverty and who need your help. A Newseveryhour.com reader sent in the photos and shares his encounter..

"Please don't mind my poor photography. I just have to share this. This is the height of humiliation I have seen. Poverty is not good. Last night, I was coming from work and saw this man at the traffic around the overhead bridge close to the Lekki Toll gate and adjacent the Oriental Hotel. I saw this man as he suddenly walked Close to an apparently rich man waiting in his posh car at the traffic light. He kneeled down there in the middle of the busy express road and started begging him for money. I felt bad as I couldn't just stop wondering what level of poverty could make a man this able to go on his knees publicly on the road to start begging a fellow man for money."

http://www.newseveryhour.com/2016/03/man-goes-on-his-kneels-on-lagos-express.html

After snapping did you at least give him something?

Emekasmart:
That jeep was in front of me,and the boy later came to meet me after begging the man without getting anything and he thought i had 1naira wit me... Though it was a boy of about 17 to 18 yrs old..
And dis happened at sand field by that shoprite traffic light while we were waiting for the green light..

Most people who are routing that area knew him too well. Sometimes he selects car before approaching them... I have never seen him beg from people won't ain't driving nice cars.. I may be wrong though...

Again, I hope people will stop given him money because they ain't helping his situation but they're making it worse. @18 he should be active to do something meaningful not begging..

Wia u born last nyt? Na 2day u dey see people beg like ids? What abt those beautiful who haz kids. 1 for back n 1 for hand n yet u see dem everynight around ikotun brt bustop begging..like brother goodevening abeg u fit help me wth sumtin mek I tek manage.and sumtym I wonder if those children becme rich 2moro will dey still remember wz der mother went thru for them? E dn tey wey tinz hard for naija just dat God bless us enuf strenght to keep going.

There wz dis useless dude I met in a bank sum yrs back.clean handsome hausa boy.he cme to me n beg me for 1k dat he want to buy polytecnic form..I cudnt ask him any question cus I wz like since na sch mata mek I give am.out of d money I wanted to deposit I took d 1 k out n gave it to him.n he join d queue.small time d guy comot go meet anoda alhaji tellin him dat he need 1k to cmplete d money dat he wnt to buy a form.d man ask him how much for d form he said 3k.d man gave him d 3k live in front of me.for my mind I ws like ehya God dn help am nt knowin dat I be learner for wia him dey.after abt 5min d guy disapear.do u believe dat after some days I went to anoda bank to deposit n I saw dis same idiot I just look at him smile n shook my head.he didn't evn spend up to 10mins after he saw me he left sharperly.for him mind him dey hustle na.so I beliv dis guy kneelin down in frnt of car n beggin too is a profession begger.

bughead:
you think with your anus!


situations can change. go to any war zones and see for yourself, even the once rich men in those war zone country are now begging to survive.

You're really a bug head.

is the man in question living in a war zone ?

Olodo.

potbelly:
bro lets paint a scenario... you are on a journey and you were robbed of your wallet with all your cash, atm and phone as well and you are still far from your destination... what will you do

At a certain stage in life you should be able to meet people and tell them your situation and if you do it right Nigerians will always help.

If you find yourself in such a situation , meet someone and borrow a phone to make one simple phone call or if the situation is that bad , you can always get a car to take you to wherever you are sure you'll sort out yourself and pay the bills.
Always be proactive and plan your journey you'll never be stranded and if it does happen, you will be free from your worries in a little time.

How did the Op know the man was begging for money?.... Was he begging every motorist that passed?.... has anyone else seen this man begging before?.... could it just be a man profusely begging someone he knows for a life saving favour?

poverty is deep in the brain! and this man epitomizes my claim.

pretydiva:
Sm people too like Osho free. How can a able bodied man wit his complete hands n legs beg 4 money, when dere r sm decent jobs out dere he can do 2 at least fend 4 himself/family

If 2 say dat rich man dey beg 4 money like am,he wouldn't have made it big. We should learn 2 work 4 our money. There dignity in labour

tell me one decent job u can do in nigeria without causing u financial pains and other attached inconvinences, dont talk becos ur side gud..some people are suffering and smiling bro

Well said... but there could be situations worse than that... Let's hope we never encounter such

Truckpusher:
At a certain stage in life you should be able to meet people and tell them your situation and if you do it right Nigerians will always help.

If you find yourself in such a situation , meet someone and borrow a phone to make one simple phone call or if the situation is that bad , you can always get a car to take you to wherever you are sure you'll sort out yourself and pay the bills.
Always be proactive and plan your journey you'll never be stranded and if it does happen, you will be free from your worries in a little time.

martyns303:
In as much as I don't condone begging, there are some hopeless situations you would find yourself you would loose all sense of dignity and the only thing on your mind is how to solve your problem.

We have all thrown our dignity away and begged at one point or another, the mode is what makes the difference.

I once knelt, hell!!! I even lay on the floor to beg a professor.

well said..but why did u have to beg a professor..?just curious

pretydiva:
Sm people too like Osho free. How can a able bodied man wit his complete hands n legs beg 4 money, when dere r sm decent jobs out dere he can do 2 at least fend 4 himself/family

If 2 say dat rich man dey beg 4 money like am,he wouldn't have made it big. We should learn 2 work 4 our money. There dignity in labour

From what I could see, that man didn't choose begging as a proffesion? It's situation that led him there...pray u don't find urself in such.

gulfer:
Why do you conxlude that thr man id a beggar, what if he was recieving instructions covertly

Guy, the report is that the begger is there everyday.

So, if this is how he receives instructions everday, then there is nothing covert about this operation oo.