A man known as @naetochukwu01 shared a harrowing tale on X about how a trivial argument with his mother led to the destruction of his travel documents just two weeks before his scheduled trip to Australia for a soccer opportunity.

Naetochukwu01 recounted this incident in response to a post discussing the father of Nigerian chess prodigy Tunde Onakoya, who initially opposed his son’s passion for chess.

In his account, Naetochukwu01 revealed that at the tender age of 15, he was scouted for a soccer opportunity in Melbourne, Australia. However, an unexpected turn of events shortly before his departure drastically altered the course of his life.

He wrote, “I no been wan talk but e no spoil. When I was 15, I got scouted to play for a team in Melbourne, Australia. Two weeks to leave for Melbourne. One faithful Sunday, my mom came home from church and was yelling at me, so I hissed at her, and, she became furious (typical African mother).”

“Then she started yelling, ‘Is it because you want to go abroad now that you are hissing at me? Come and go now, let me see you. I have to tame you before you become untameable.”

He added that in fury, she stormed his room, seized his travel documents, soccer jerseys, boots, boxes, and belongings, “She took kerosene and matches, went to the backyard, and set everything ablaze. Immediately, she lit the fire and threw it in, her eyes cleared.”

“I was only able to recover my international passport. Idk if she regrets it, but my life could have changed for good if not for her anger.”

He further stated that his mother later apologised for her actions, but he still acknowledges the impact her actions had on his life.

“I’m not saying this to pile on my Ma or anything, but it changed the trajectory of my life; she has apologised and is still apologising, and I don’t think I love her any less.”

“I just hope I win big with something else because the suffering that act has put me through can’t be explained,” he concluded.

To buttress how unfortunate this incident has really negatively impacted his life, he ended the post by seeking for financial support to pay his school fees in Nigeria here.

Japa Media reports that the father of Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, Pa Onakoya, revealed that he was never in support of his son playing chess, stating that he never knew that Chess would make him popular.

Pa Onakoya stated that when Tunde was a child, whenever he saw him playing chess, he would pack everything away because he wanted him to focus on his academics.