Some Nigerians on social media have taken to micro-blogging site Twitter to reveal the breaking points which forced them to take a decision to leave the country.

A Twitter user Oluwaseun had shared a tweet asking Nigerians who have left the country to share the ‘last straw’ that made them take a decision to relocate.

He tweeted:

“You guys that left Nigeria, what was the final straw that made you decide to leave.”

Like a wildfire, the tweet went viral sparking a series of reactions from Twitter users as they share hilarious and heartbreaking stories of why they left Nigeria for abroad.

The tweet has received hundreds of responses and retweets spotlighting some of the agonising experiences Nigerians are exposed to daily for living in the country.

A Twitter user said he took the decision after his brother was shot but an effort to get a police report before he could be treated at the hospital became difficult as the police officer they met on duty at the police station told them he had to complete his mobile phone game ‘candy crush’ before attending to them.

He tweeted:

Brother was shot by a robber as he drove into our house. Rushed him to the hospital, hospital demanded police report before treatment, rushed to the police station, explained in details what happened and the officer said I should wait so he completes Candy crush stage 986.

— Van™ (@Orochymaru_) September 30, 2019

Another Twitter user Emery Cromwell-Ibie said Lagos traffic forced him to yield to his wife’s request to move out of the country.

He wrote:

Dropped off a friend travelling to Benin at God is Good, Ajah park early morning while I headed to my office in V/I. She called me 4 and a half hours later that she was in Benin. I hadn’t reached Lekki Phase 1 roundabout. Called my wife immediately to say “I yield, we’re leaving” https://t.co/waaEsFe7jH

— Emery Cromwell-Ibie (@Mr_Phronesis) September 30, 2019

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See some of the reactions:

I was alone in abuja, 7 months pregnant and I had run out of fuel In my car. I was looking for where
To buy without queuing for 4 hours.finally found one nnpc where I had to beg and they let me buy. Called him crying I was done! We both moved back to CA. 2

— Chiamaka (@amakafinelady) October 1, 2019

Had everything set to leave but was still thinking “no place like home” till my car ran into a truck that stopped suddenly on lag-Ibd expressway,RCCG axis. No one believed I came out alive in the car, the driver kept dragging my car along till it was detached, left me and ran off pic.twitter.com/v7Y4mjfCRA

— ayorinde (@aydamak1) October 1, 2019

When I was at home fasting and praying for NDDC job which I got to the final stage (just credentials checking) meanwhile, the politicians’ candidates who were the only selected candidates from my state had resumed work unknowingly to me.

— Oluwaseun Oluwafemi-Akin (@akinsamol) September 30, 2019

I saw that! Worked in western house opp. l didn’t leave. greatest regret of my life

— iamtheOG (@IamtheOGee) September 29, 2019

I was too embarrassed to even discuss it with people. As I walked away from that interview, I made a decision to leave. Everytime I doubted that decision, something more stupid would happen.

— Chioma Nwigwe (@nwigweoma) September 29, 2019

No salary for 6months, half-salary for longer duration. Set a business, most went into charity for both d consumers and the workers. I couldn’t stand watching colleagues struggling for basic needs, neither was I ready to watch people die cos of money. At the peak of it, I left!!

— Ati adeleke (@atiadeleke) September 30, 2019

Though I still come to Nigeria often because of my mum who wouldn’t live abroad but whenever I am there, my heart is unsettled. I came back with my family in December, after traffic and bad roads and police wahala, my kids aren’t excited about visiting again.

— #Pray4Dadiyata|#FreeSowore (@OJwalker7) September 29, 2019

I made a solemn promise to leave the day Aregbesola (the worst governor ever)became minister

I realized that karma doesn’t really exist for these guys .

The political class will keep milking this country till it’s dead.

— inioluwa (@obexxy_) September 30, 2019

The day that tanker fell at Otedola bridge. Made me realise that no matter how much money I make, the social structures won’t support my living to enjoy the money.

— ChyG (@divaleeciousChy) September 29, 2019

The last straw was the lekki flood that happened in August and September 2017. Govt was onlooking; no emergency response team on ground.Spent over 4hr on traffic from Ikota to Agungi. I ran away and never looked back.

— OGUDU (@AforMikel) September 29, 2019

Someone once told me that being in Nigeria is like being in a domestic violence relationship. There’ll always be a reason to stay till it ends you, literally.

— Ibraheem Babalola (@IBBabalola) September 29, 2019

I was fanatically pro-Nigerian when I left Nigeria for a masters degree, with concrete plans and a laser focus to return. Then I fell in love… then I was contemplating settling in Nigeria with my wife… then Buhari won the election and Nigeria entered proper one chance!!

— Obi TheBridge Okoli ???? (@obi_sage) September 29, 2019

Many things built up but the last straw:

Spent hours in court only for the case to be adjourned for the umpteenth time.

Client died weeks later in an accident getting to court from Jos to Abuja for the next adjourned date.

— Toyin (@toyinldr) September 29, 2019