"They Stopped Us about 8 Times": Cameroon Lady Who Travelled to Onitsha to Buy Goods Breaks Silence

"They Stopped Us about 8 Times": Cameroon Lady Who Travelled to Onitsha to Buy Goods Breaks Silence

  • A Cameroon lady took to social media to share her experience after she travelled to Onitsha to buy goods
  • She went by road with two of her friends and had to change her Central African CFA franc to naira
  • The lady documented the journey, including how they were stopped about eight times on the road

A lady, @marieeloy915, has shared on TikTok how she travelled from Cameroon with two of her friends to buy goods in Onitsha, Anambra State.

The three ladies left their base in Limbe in the wee hours of the day and took a car.

Video shows how Cameroon lady travelled to Onitsha with her friends to buy goods
She travelled to Onitsha to buy goods. Photo Credit: @marieeloy915
Source: TikTok

@marieeloy915 did not say what goods she wanted to buy. She captured how they passed different checkpoints and had to change to a local currency to transact.

"They stopped us about eight times," @marieeloy915 noted.

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@marieeloy915 did a voice-over on her TikTok video, narrating that they had passed through Abakaliki, Enugu, and Oka before getting to their destination.

Watch the video below:

People react to Marie's travel video

Warrior Of the Savannah said:

"You are a brave girl! That's a long journey! I wish you God’s mercy and protection always in Jesus Name!"

vituschinemerem said:

"Aba and onitcha sells more cheaper than lagos (incase you want to buy material's in large quantity you can visit Aba )."

Chinedu O. O. Dike said:

"You have just given me a lead. Am planning a two weeks exploratory holiday trip by road to Cameroon. That will be my first time there. "

Mahbot Yvonne said:

"Yesss ohhhh one and only plug in Limbe please guys like our videos and send your orders."

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Don Giovanni said:

"Will visit Cameroon soon didn't know you speak English over there thought it was French."

Austin said:

"It means things are extremely cheap in Nigeria . I love my country."

queenzee9336 said:

"If business goes on like this then both govt esp SE with SS Nigeria govt should construct a rail line from ikom to major markets in SE."

Legit.ng reported that a lady in the UK had imported food items from Nigeria.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported about a lady who sends packaged banana leaves abroad for sale.

In a Facebook post, Chioma shared pictures showing how she packaged the banana leaves into nylons and cartons after neatly folding them.

Narrating how it started, Chioma said she first emailed African shops in South Africa and the United Kingdom and advertised banana leaves to them. According to her, she explained to them the beauty of having customers eat moi moi from natural leaves and further made a Zoom presentation on it.

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Proofread by Kola Muhammed, journalist and copyeditor at Legit.ng

Source: Legit.ng

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