A Nigerian couple based in Canada has recently become $50 million dollars richer, but only after experiencing a roller-coaster ride of emotions when a lottery ticket went missing only to be found and returned by someone at their church.
Hakeem Nosiru won the January 17 Lotto Max draw and was one day away from claiming the money when the signed ticket, which he taped to the inside his wife's purse for safekeeping, was missing after they attended church.
That sparked a frantic search of their home, with garbage bins being upended and their contents picked through, an effort that left Nosiru and his wife empty handed and feeling 'miserable'.
But God works in mysterious ways, and turned the couple's misery and despair to joy after a fellow member of the congregation discovered the ticket and returned it to them on April 1 — a return made possible because Nosiru signed the ticket with their address.
After all necessary investigations and paper work were done, Nosiru and his wife Abiola were beaming for the cameras at the OLG prize center Monday, telling reporters they were planning on travelling the world and helping out their family.
Abiola Nosiru said that when she realized her husband's winning ticket had disappeared from her purse: 'I had a fly in my stomach and I couldn't sleep for days.'
'I couldn't eat. I was devastated,' she said.
'We just wanted to see the reality. And the reality is right here now,' she added, fighting back tears.
She wasn't sure what they'll do for the woman who ended their losing streak, but told her: 'I just want to say thank you.'
$50million dollarssssss??? And the ticket was found and returned??? This is simply God at work and nothing else. At the rate of 160naira to 1dollar, that's about 8 bliion naira...choi! Thats an insane sum of money oooo....
Really happy for the couple.
Hakeem Nosiru won the January 17 Lotto Max draw and was one day away from claiming the money when the signed ticket, which he taped to the inside his wife's purse for safekeeping, was missing after they attended church.
That sparked a frantic search of their home, with garbage bins being upended and their contents picked through, an effort that left Nosiru and his wife empty handed and feeling 'miserable'.
But God works in mysterious ways, and turned the couple's misery and despair to joy after a fellow member of the congregation discovered the ticket and returned it to them on April 1 — a return made possible because Nosiru signed the ticket with their address.
After all necessary investigations and paper work were done, Nosiru and his wife Abiola were beaming for the cameras at the OLG prize center Monday, telling reporters they were planning on travelling the world and helping out their family.
Abiola Nosiru said that when she realized her husband's winning ticket had disappeared from her purse: 'I had a fly in my stomach and I couldn't sleep for days.'
'I couldn't eat. I was devastated,' she said.
'We just wanted to see the reality. And the reality is right here now,' she added, fighting back tears.
She wasn't sure what they'll do for the woman who ended their losing streak, but told her: 'I just want to say thank you.'
$50million dollarssssss??? And the ticket was found and returned??? This is simply God at work and nothing else. At the rate of 160naira to 1dollar, that's about 8 bliion naira...choi! Thats an insane sum of money oooo....
Really happy for the couple.


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