Michael Showunmi: Physically challenged teacher who is helping others like him

Michael Showunmi: Physically challenged teacher who is helping others like him

- A physically challenged Nigerian man identified as Michael Showunmi has warmed hearts online with his kind gesture

- The young man, who is mathematics teacher, could be seen in some pictures he shared online eating with another physically challenged man he visited on the street

- Showunmi also gave out some gift items to the man after they both sat and ate together on the street

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Michael Showunmi has shown the world that one can be physically challenged and still be a blessing to others who are in need of help.

The young man, who is a mathematics teacher, recently warmed hearts on social media after showing love to a physically challenged man he said he met in 2019 at a filling station.

Showunmi shared some pictures on LinkedIn, in which he could be seen eating with the man on the street while people watched.

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He wrote on LinkedIn: "I saw him last year at a filling station so I decided to check up on him at this particular time knowing how things are. Seeing me from afar, he was so happy that most people focused on us.

Despite being physically challenged, this young man is helping others like him and putting smiles on their faces
Michael Showunmi eating with his friend. Photo credit: Michael Showunmi/LinkedIn
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"While we were eating, all the security personnel, greeters forgot about themselves for a while and gazed at us in astonishment that you could feel the love and warmth within the environment."

Despite being physically challenged, this young man is helping others like him and putting smiles on their faces
Michael Showunmi showing love to a physically man on the street. Photo credit: Michael Showunmi
Source: UGC

Showunmi continued: "I told him "we are sharing the meat" ...He said " yessss!!! "...I replied "I thought you won't give me".

Despite being physically challenged, this young man is helping others like him and putting smiles on their faces
Showunmi also gave out some gift items to the man after they both sat and ate together on the street. Photo credit: Michael Showunmi/LinkedIn
Source: UGC

"God used me to buy some little items for him and I pranked him that who will help him take it home ..He replied with excitement "I can't give it to anybody, I will put it on my legs and carry it home ...when I get home, my people will be very very happyy!!""

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The kind man advised that people can still be miracles to others even if they cannot get a miracle.

In other news, a Nigerian man identified as Dammy Akintade had earlier gone viral after his wedding photos surfaced online.

Akintade who is a physically challenged man got married to his wife in a simple church ceremony.

While many people described their union as true love, others claimed his wife married him for money. To these people, Akintade has some words.

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Tunde Ososanya Tunde Ososanya, a former senior editor, is a graduate of Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism. He's passionate about what he does and finds fulfilment in informing the people. Ososanya is the author of Later Tonight: a Collection of Short Stories.

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