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In a desperate bid to flee Cambodia’s economic woes, a Nigerian trader paid a Cambodian agent $400 (approximately 12,932 baht), hoping for a smooth escape into Thailand. Instead, soldiers found him abandoned in a sugarcane field near the Thai border before apprehending him.

 

Colonel Chainarong Kasee, who led a joint task force comprising local police and military units, was alerted about an illegal crossing on the 13th of August.

 

In the vicinity of Kud Hin village, Aranyaprathet, authorities discovered 35-year-old Chigozie Franklin Onyenakzi, a Nigerian national, wandering alone in the fields, holding an expired passport.

 

Through an interpreter, Onyenakzi revealed that he had formerly worked in Thailand's online trading sector before relocating to Cambodia for over six months.

 

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Unable to withstand Cambodia's harsh economic conditions and suffering from health issues, he sought a way back to Thailand to secure travel documents from the embassy in order to return to Nigeria.

 

Onyenakzi contacted a Cambodian agent through Facebook, introduced by an African acquaintance.

 

Despite paying the hefty fee, he found himself stranded in the cane field instead of receiving the assistance he had anticipated. Now under Thai custody, he faces immigration violation charges as authorities proceed with legal actions.

 

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Daily News 2025-08-13

 

He's a liar, why did he not go to the Nigerian Embassy in Cambodia 

Just one more dodgy git.

Deport him.

Anyone search the area around where they found him for any packages 🤔

6 hours ago, JoePai said:

He's a liar, why did he not go to the Nigerian Embassy in Cambodia 

Good point

They are closing some phone scam centers there, probably.

One benefit of the border conflict... Actual border surveillance and control 

7 hours ago, JoePai said:

He's a liar, why did he not go to the Nigerian Embassy in Cambodia 

They have a dress code. No basketball players allowed?

I'm sure there's a Nigerian Prince with $234,654,876,000 he needs help to repatriate.  Can this guy not ask the Prince?

Who knows his story but racism and racial profiling abound by keyboard warriors here

You want to feel sorry but then you realize…yeah, karma is a b*tch Mister Nigerian “trader”

 

 

7 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Good point

There is a Nigerian embassy in PP

3 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

Who knows his story but racism and racial profiling abound by keyboard warriors here

 

and this is a problem why? I think we've seen enough patterns to be justified in some profiling.

Doing a runner too Sukhumvit 13, to pick up a new career