A touching and emotional story has recently gone viral, leaving many in tears as a woman finally reunites with her husband after 16 long years.
The heartbreaking moment was captured in a viral video as the grieving woman and her daughter went to the airport to receive the man’s remains packed in a carton box.
The woman’s husband had left Nigeria 16 years ago to seek better opportunities abroad, hoping to improve the financial situation for his family. Unfortunately, he passed away before he could return home, leaving his family to mourn both his absence and his death.
In the video, she was seen embracing her husband’s coffin, sparking some anointing water on it. It appeared that the the family held a simple befitting burial ceremony for him.
People were seen consoling the woman and her family. Many were crying at the ceremony.
Watch the video below:
The video triggered massive reactions as social media users shared their emotional thoughts. Some reactions are shown below:
mrfynest001 said, “This man hustled all his life, now he is brought home like this, God please protect all men working so hard and give us long life. Rip sir”.
great_ness_007 said, “We will never return dead from overseas 😢”.
thegirl_favoured said, “When you hustle a bit, go home. Tomorrow is not promise”.
kennedy_kenozd said, “He’s a legend He pays his death insurance while he’s still alive respect sir. If not his death body for nor come house.. I respect him he’s a legend 👏 my condolences 🙏 to his family..RIP SIR 😢”.
zerofugazey said, “My dad traveled to Chicago for months, I remember running back from school eagerly to meet my dad on that faithful day in Dec 2005. On my way home I stopped at my usually spot where I buy recharge card it was on their small radio I inattentively overheard that the airplane that was carrying him from Abuja to Port Harcourt had crashed and burst into flames, Tragic! I’m a man now and I haven’t still gotten over the hurt from Sosoliso 2005. Keep resting dad 🙏🏾”.