Foreigner Pays To Free Sea Turtle From Lagos Roadside Seller (Pictures, Video)

<blockquote><b>Foreign Man Pays Men Attempting to Sell Sea Turtle Along Road Near Eko Hotel, Lagos, and Returns It to the Sea</b><br><br>&quot;Today, I witnessed something that genuinely broke my heart but also restored a little of my faith in humanity.<br><br>While leaving Eko Hotel, Lagos State, I saw some men trying to sell a sea turtle in the middle of the road as though it were an ordinary item of trade.<br><br>A foreign man stopped and tried everything possible to stop them. He shouted, pleaded and appealed to the people around him, including the uniformed police officers present, to understand that what they were doing was wrong.<br><br>Sadly, it seemed his voice was the only one speaking up for a creature that couldn't speak for itself.<br><br>However, he refused to give up. He eventually paid the men for the turtle, not to own it but to give it another chance at life.<br><br><b>With the assistance of a police van, the turtle was taken back to the sea and released into its natural habitat</b>.&quot;<br><br>— A lady shares what she witnessed near Eko Hotel in Lagos State.</blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This guy caught a turtle 🐢 in Lagos and was trying to sell it on the road and this happened 😭💔 <a href="https://t.co/S3BQxS0aPh">pic.twitter.com/S3BQxS0aPh</a></p>&mdash; Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) <a href="https://x.com/dammiedammie35/status/2118388333856391338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>