"Rich Man Pikin”: Nigerian Kids Cry Out as Mother Hires Keke Napep to Pick Them From School

"Rich Man Pikin”: Nigerian Kids Cry Out as Mother Hires Keke Napep to Pick Them From School

  • A viral video showed how a mother was confronted by her children for picking them up from school with Keke Napep
  • The children were clearly embarrassed by their mother’s choice of transport and did not hide their feelings
  • The eldest child, a girl, told her mother that she should have parked the tricycle outside the school and quietly called them out instead of bringing it inside and humiliating them

A video that has gone viral on social media captured the moment a mother faced the wrath of her children for showing up at their school with a tricycle, also known as Keke Napep.

The children, who felt ashamed by their mother’s mode of transport, vented their anger and frustration at her.

Photo of young girl
Little girl explains why they are angry about mom's action. Photo credit: TikTok/@monrray
Source: TikTok

The oldest child, a girl, scolded her mother for bringing the tricycle inside the school premises and causing them embarrassment.

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She suggested that her mother should have parked the tricycle outside the school gate and discreetly called them out, instead of exposing them to the ridicule of their classmates and teachers.

Watch the video below:

Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions below:

Kelvin reacted:

"Rich man pikin say she don pass level to Dey enter Ke Ke o."

Joylisa said:

"Rich kids."

User6363665:

"Meanwhile sapa hold me for waist here."

Chukwukafirm:

"I no blame Dem na rich man pikin walai if Dem try de other side of life, Dem go know say Keke na private jet."

Jamjam:

"Keke wey me dey always enjoy during campus days... Boya the keke no fine sha."

Nanyachukwunwa:

"Haaa chaiii tell them how u trek to school."

Ne_lly:

"You see say men no Dey get wahala, we Dey happily accept anything wey we see."

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Humble6367336:

"Make una Dey enter keke make my papa see money to give us food abeg."

Peppy:

"Nah yoU do am sha."

Frustrated mum laments numerous assignments piled on 5yr old son

In an earlier report by Legit.ng, a mother lamented her grievance with her son's education in a TikTok video shared by @bellepeauworld.

The clip began with the mother asking her son, who was perched on a chair, how old he was.

Her son, with innocence in his eyes, proudly declared he was five.

Source: Legit.ng

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Basit Jamiu (Editor) Basit Jamiu is a journalist with more than five years of experience. He is a current affairs and politics editor at Legit.ng. He holds a bachelor's degree from Ekiti State University (2018). Basit previously worked as a staff writer at Ikeja Bird (2022), Associate Editor at Prime Progress (2022), and Staff Writer at The Movee (2018). He is a 2024 Open Climate Fellow (West Africa), 2023 MTN Media Fellow, OCRP Fellow at ICIR, and Accountability Fellow at CJID. Email: basit.jamiu@corp.legit.ng.