![]() ![]() 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. Africa’s most populous country has longstanding issues of violence and poverty, and kidnappings are endemic. “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.īoth men said economic hardship, political instability and crime had left them with little option but to abandon their native Nigeria. 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. The four men said they had hoped to reach Europe in their voyage last month and were shocked to learn they had in fact landed on the other side of the Atlantic, in Brazil. Their relief at being rescued soon gave way to surprise. Nigerian refugees Thankgod Opemipo Matthew Yeye and Roman Ebimene Friday pose for a photo during an interview.
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