A UK-based Nigerian woman has said she would never consider relocating permanently to Nigeria, even if offered £15 million, saying the deaths of two of her children due to alleged medical negligence remain too painful to overlook.
The woman, who said she is from Ogun State, made the remarks in a video interview shared on X by user DammieDammie on Wednesday.
During the interview, she was asked if she would accept £200,000 to return to Nigeria permanently without ever going back to the UK. She rejected the proposal, stressing that financial reasons were never behind her decision to leave Nigeria.
“Unfortunately, I didn’t migrate from Nigeria because of money,” she said.
The interviewer gradually increased the hypothetical offer to £300,000, £500,000 and eventually £15 million, but she remained firm in her position.
“You can’t even pay me enough to go back,” she said.
Explaining why she refused the offers, the woman revealed that she lost two children in Nigeria as a result of what she described as medical negligence.
“I lost two children to medical negligence. Back to back in two years,” she said.
She, however, declined to provide more details, saying revisiting the experience would be emotionally overwhelming.
“I really don’t want to say much on it because I’m just going to break down,” she said.
According to her, doctors in the UK often find it difficult to believe her account whenever she explains the circumstances surrounding the deaths of her children.
“Every time I tell them here, to the doctors here, that my children died because of this, they all ask me, ‘Am I joking?’” she added.
The woman also praised the UK healthcare system, saying it played a crucial role in saving the life of her son, whom she believes might not have survived if he had been born in Nigeria.
“When I had my son, I know my son was, if he was back in Nigeria, he would have died also. But because I had him here, there was medical attention. They did what was needed to be done and he’s fine,” she said while pointing to her son during the interview.
Although she acknowledged that medical errors also occur in the UK, she maintained that such cases are far less common.
“I know it happens here also but the ratio is very, very low,” she said.
