"Area How Far?" Nigerian Working Abroad As Father Christmas Scatters Pidgin English, Video Goes Viral

"Area How Far?" Nigerian Working Abroad As Father Christmas Scatters Pidgin English, Video Goes Viral

  • A Nigerian man working as Santa Claus has sent greetings home to fellow nationals as he spoke in Pidgin English
  • In a Twitter video posted on Tuesday, December 13, the man was seen fully dressed as Santa when he switched to Pidgin
  • After the video was posted, Nigerians took to the comment section to have a good laugh as the video now has over 2.7k likes

A video posted on Twitter has shown a Nigerian man who is working as Santa Claus blasting Pidgin English.

In the video which was posted on Tuesday, December 13, by Elkrosmediahub, the man received children and adults who came to see Santa.

Photos of Nigerian Santa Claus.
The Nigerian man dressed as Santa spoke Pidgin English. Photo credit: Twitter/@Elkrosmediahub.
Source: Twitter

Suddenly in the video, the man was heard speaking Pidgin English in a very funny way.

Video of Nigerian Santa Claus goes viral on Twitter

He seemed to be talking to another Nigerian who was standing with the camera to capture his work.

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From the way he spoke, it was clear that he liked the job he was doing and wanted to send shoutouts to friends.

Santa said:

"Area, how far?"

The video has left many people in stitches as it currently has over 2.7k likes on Twitter less than 24 hours after it was posted.

Watch the video below:

Reactions from Twitter users to video of Nigerian Santa

A lot of reactions have trailed the video even as some tried to disclose who the man is. See some of the reactions below:

@ill_nojie said:

"Na former bank manager be that o."

@precinoti said:

"He never worked in any bank and been in Scotland since 2008. He is.Civil engineer graduate of UI and still works in Engineering in Scotland. I don’t have his permission to disclose his identity and surprised how this video got to this space."

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@ValentineKelec9 said:

"This same thing happened when I went it write IETLS exams in Bremen. The black guy was just shouting and shouting, came to my table and said “Oboy, how you dey now” I burst laugh."

@Dboss_Neche commented:

"Nigerians and hustling."

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a man was seen in a video selling yams abroad.

The man said in the video that went viral on TikTok that he made some money to pay taxes.

A lot of people encouraged him, saying so far as it brought money, there was nothing wrong with it.

Source: Legit.ng

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Israel Usulor (Human-Interest editor) Israel Usulor is a journalist who has 9 years of experience. He worked at The Prime Newspaper and has published articles in TheCable Newspaper. Israel graduated with distinction from Fidei Polytechnic (Mass Commun, 2016). Israel has interviewed Zannah Mustapha, the man who helped negotiate the release of Chibok Girls, and Kunle Adeyanju, who rode a bike from London to Lagos. He covered exclusive stories on Chef Dami during her Guinness World Records cookathon. Email: israel.usulor@corp.legit.ng.