"Give me €350": Nigerian Woman Shares Funny Encounter With Okra Seller in Rome, Video Trends

"Give me €350": Nigerian Woman Shares Funny Encounter With Okra Seller in Rome, Video Trends

  • A Nigerian woman in Rome shared her funny experience with an okra seller who ran off to get her request
  • The woman compared the seller’s actions to those of Igbo traders in Nigeria due to his determination to make a sale
  • Her video of the encounter, posted on TikTok, quickly went viral as many people reacted to the seller’s attitude

A Nigerian woman in Rome compares an okra seller to an Anambra man and shares the massive price the seller told her he would be selling his goods for.

This is contained in a post she made available on her page as it documents her experience.

Nigerian woman shares funny encounter with okra seller in Rome
Nigerian woman shares her bargain with okra seller in Rome Photo source: Tiktok/@foodiesandspice
Source: TikTok

Woman shares funny exchange with okra seller

She visited a store in Rome to get okra, and when she arrived at a shop, the seller didn’t seem to have what she was looking for.

So she showed him a video, and suddenly, he asked her to wait as he zoomed out of the shop to get the okra from another place.

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Seeing this, the woman compared the seller in Rome to her brothers in the eastern part of Nigeria due to his behavior and actions.

The video played further as it showed the moment the said man arrived with what the woman had demanded.

The Nigerian woman made the video available on her page via a popular social media platform, TikTok.

On her social media handle, @foodiesandspice, where she shared the post, the video quickly went viral online after she uploaded it.

The description of the video and the statement of the woman read:

"I came to the owner of this shop to look for okra, and he asked for the picture, I gave him the picture and he was like okay I should wait he's gonna get it in another shop, I said let me follow you, he refused. he said wait here and ran away that he's going to get it from another shop."

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Seeing his actions and passion to sell his goods and outsource anyone which incident available, the woman added:

"He's behaving like my Igbo brothers, like how many boxes do I want? he rushed and ran away and did not allow me follow him. Let me see what he's going to bring back."

As he arrived with it, she asked for the price of the okra she came to buy, and he revealed a shocking amount.

Nigerian woman shares funny okra price negotiation in Rome
Nigerian woman shares her okra shopping experience in Rome Photo source: Tiktok/@foodiesandspice
Source: TikTok

Her question:

"How much is it? No be me you want do wayo, if you no let me but I go go find the shop wey you bring am."

In response, he told her:

"Give me €350."

She fired back:

"I'll give you €1 each."

He said again:

"Give me €3."

After so many back and forth, they finally settled for a price in the clip.

As the post made its way online, concerned individuals stormed the comment section of the said post to share their thoughts.

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Reactions as woman shares okra buying experience

Essy wrote:

"He's from onitsha main market."

Big A said:

"Did he just said 350 ?"

La Ae Cs added:

"£3 from 350?? that's massive.'

AMBI asked:

"Pls I hope you bought from him …..that’s my uncle from Onitsha main market."

Biki Ehikodi said:

"Pulling a fast one on my sis, he's a learner."

Kofoworola Bethel added:

"Proper Igbo man he don go collect am from his brother shop."

August stated:

"All those beautiful fresh vegetables and you only bought them okra?"

unku_tony_ wrote:

"He has plenty igbo friends."

Lee christiana stated:

"Our lost igbo brother."

Edmund added:

"U see am put hand for mouth to open the bag. the guy na correct business man."

Ujunwa Noticed:

"He quickly calculated his interest that’s why his taking time to give you the price."

Enna wrote:

"If he show you, next time you won’t come to his shop."

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Shalomtony said:

"He packaged it before payment real Anambra Man."

ndifrekeaniekan said:

"This one done live for Onitsha or Aba before.'

Debbie rose stated:

"Look at the head na nwoke main market ooo."

Nigerian lady laments buying only 4 items with ₦10,000#

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reports that a Nigerian lady has gone viral after lamenting how N10,000 could only fetch her four items at the market.

The young woman shared on TikTok that she even pleaded with the seller to reduce the prices before she could get the items.

Source: Legit.ng

Authors:
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Muhammed Hammed Olayinka (Human Interest Editor) Muhammed is a journalist with over six years of experience in Nigerian digital media. He began as Editor at Oracle, UNILORIN (2017–2019), then worked with Opera News Hub (2019–2021), Scopper News (2022–2023), and Gistreel (2023–2025). He won the NAPSS President Writing Skirmish in 2017 and was first runner-up in the UNILORIN Senate Writing Contest in 2018. Muhammed now works with LEGIT.ng, where he tells engaging and impactful stories for readers. He can be reached via email at muhammed.hammedolayinka@corp.legit.ng

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