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“After I left Nigeria for…”- Man shares heartbreaking encounter after arriving US in 2018

‎A Nigerian man has shared details of his encounter after arriving in the United States in 2018.

‎In a widely circulated tweet, the man opened up on why he left Nigeria and how he survived in the US.



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Man Shares Encounter After Arriving US


‎Identified as @Sgtshow01 on X (formerly Twitter), he worked 12-hour night shifts at a factory from 7 pm to 7 am.

‎Meanwhile, he slept for 3 hours in the factory’s parking lot from 7 am to 10 am before heading to class.

‎However, during classes from 11 am to 5 pm, he often dozed off before heading to work.

I’ll sleep for 3hrs in the parking lot of the factory from 7am to 10am then go to class. I was studying full stack Java development.Class was 11am to 5pm, I’ll sleep in class for another hour before driving to work again“, He added

‎Balancing School and Work


‎Meanwhile, this routine continued for four months, barely getting him through the program as he became mentally exhausted.

‎Amid the struggle, he was sleep-deprived and barely ate during the winter season.

‎”I was barely eating through that winter. That period was not the hardest time in the USA. You don’t want to know the hardest period. I can’t share”, He added.

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