Vendor Weeps Over Heartbreaking Attack on Store, Shares Painful Video: "God Help Me"
- A Nigerian wig vendor was thrown into shock and despair after stepping into her shop and realising something devastating had happened overnight
- Struggling to hold back tears, she took to TikTok to show the heartbreaking scene and share how deeply the incident affected her
- Her emotional cry for help revealed that the loss went beyond her own goods, leaving her uncertain about what to do next
A Nigerian wig vendor burst into tears and begged God for help after she arrived at her shop only to discover that everything had been looted.
She shared a video showing herself breaking down and lamenting over what had happened.
Source: TikTok
Nigerian wig vendor breaks down in tears
According to her, she arrived at her shop on October 28 only to find that all her wigs had been stolen by someone she has yet to identify.
In a post she made on her TikTok page, @genzhairs, she revealed that the person who carried out the theft also took wigs belonging to her customers, along with other valuables.
She cried bitterly over the situation while calling for help.
Source: TikTok
In her TikTok video, she said in part:
"I came to the shop this morning to meet an empty shop. Somebody has raided me, they robbed me of everything I hustled hard for."
She continued, saying that the thieves also took money during the robbery.
"They took every hair in my shop; you people should see, all the hairs. They robbed me, they emptied me. God help me, I don’t know what to do. All the money, some customers’ hair nothing is in my shop. Not even one wig left in my shop. Oh Jesus."
Reactions as wig seller weeps bitterly
Rachael noted:
"Them no Dey put hair for store honestly especially better hairs."
Angela said:
"The person that did this knows you."
Sandra Boateng added:
"This is a close person, cos real robbers will not even place the mannequin back we'll, it will be on the floor. Humans are Soo wi(Ked hm."
chiomaochade wrote:
"It’s someone close to you that did this."
As a girl child I must makeit said:
"Omo sometimes leave this crying of a thing o I go reach juju."
omolara lawal noted:
"My question is we they go and sell the hair?"
~☻SLꨄ shared:
"Imagine crying n recording after that nothing came so u have to cry n record it again."
HAIR BY HARRIET wrote:
"To those that caused you this pain, they will never know peace."
Lash Girl in port harcourt stressed:
"Since thrift hair business start, na so so thief thief sorry stranger."
biolasbar_1 added:
"Where u do people gather dis strength to just pick up phone and start doing video wen such happen? Sorry am not mocking you! Only tv was stolen in my shop and I couldn’t even explain to neighbors asking me questions."
NALU noted:
"And the person that did that might even be someone close o who has been eyeing your shop and progress."
sleekandstylebynhessa said:
"if you’re working hard without support from anyone, you’re going to understand her pain. This is so sad, please if she’s your friend kindly stay close to her, I know what I’m saying. Two years ago I nearly went mad after a Chinese supplier scammed me. It’s not easy at all to come out of a thing like this. So sorry dear. Sending you lots hugs."
Legit.ng reached out to the vendor to hear more about the heartbreaking incident at her shop. From her account, the theft left her devastated and uncertain about how to move forward.
The morning she discovered the robbery was one she will never forget. She described the shock of stepping into her shop and seeing everything gone. She explained that even simple security measures had been bypassed.
She explained:
“When somebody ask me this of quiz, I just like to record for his notes. So this thing happened on Tuesday, right? Because I came to the shop and I did not see any goods. My shop is upstairs and downstairs, and they took the padlock. They never even dropped the padlock. Even my own upstairs padlock was there, so we couldn't know how they managed to tamper with it. But it was just similar. It's very easy. People are suggesting they cut."
"They just woke up and the person did not take any other thing. They took only the goods that I'm selling, and I'm just a small business one. I'm just starting this business as of 2023. That was when I started, and I started by dreams. So it's still people's money I used to buy market at first. So it's the game that I got. I used to manage to stock the hairs that I have. I mean, this is the first time my shop is even as full as it stands. Then this thing happened. I already tried to restock with a little money I had from my last period and some customers. It's not all the market that my capital allowed to buy."
"Some customers will pay me, I will use that money and buy for them because I have it. On that faithful day, I opened my shop Tuesday morning and it was empty. It is hard. It is really hard. I don't know where to start. I've just decided to do another pre-order to see if I can get customers. Even though if it is the people that I'm owing before, some kind Nigerians have supported me financially. I mean, a total love, several or something thousand naira has been given to me, but it's not even close to what I've lost. It's not because I want to, but because of the situation I find myself in. Nobody is even doing better than me like my own family. So it really cut me deep. I'm trying to do another pre-order."
"Let me see if I will get customers, maybe by God's grace. If I get customers, I will be able to catch up with paying the people that I am owing at first because that's the most important. At the end of the business, business is business. Person don't pay you for market, you have to give money. So I'm looking for more support, whether financially or anybody that would want to buy from me. Then if there's any small profit, I will use it and hold myself. That's how I've just gone. It's not easy. It's not easy. But I will not kill myself.”
The ordeal also left her questioning who might be behind the crime. She reflected on the pattern of break-ins in the area and how others around her had been affected.
She explained:
“Yesterday they tampered with my neighbor's padlock, but he had another lock that they couldn't remove, so they didn’t succeed. Before now I was thinking a lot of people, suggesting that somebody that knows me did this. But my mind was not really like that. What made it even more clear was my neighbor that is selling Indomie. That one happened to me on Tuesday. I came to the shop on Tuesday to discover that everything was gone, and then as of Thursday morning, those people came again. Mind you, before now, they've robbed that man before last year. Then he now did this lock that they used to draw from up to down. As they broke his padlock, they cut it. This one did not take the padlock; they left it."
"Maybe they were scared. But they did not open the main door, the main inner door. That one now makes me not understand. Maybe these are just random thieves observing the location because it is easier to penetrate. Thieves don't really have a target. They just go anywhere that is easy. We had security in our plaza, but because of lack of cooperation, the man left. I even started looking at everybody as if they are bad people because at the end of the day, some people are saying that somebody knows me, my staff, my girl, or my spirit did it. But my spirit was not telling me that. The girl I recently employed is a good person. She cannot even do such a thing."
"So I prayed to God to help me and send destiny helpers or at least customers who would trust me with their money so I can help them buy. The only hair that I had was the one I used to travel. Even my personal wig was already in one line at my shop to send to people who used to revamp hair. They took everything. God help me. If I manage to see whoever did that to me, even death will be too good for that person. It’s not fair. I did not deserve that.”
She also shared how her customers were directly impacted and how difficult it was to manage their expectations while dealing with her own loss.
She shared:
"Some customers have been pleading with me to give them time. There was one I had to attend to yesterday evening because she was saying she doesn’t trust me. Dealing with women is not easy. Some are so bitter, you wonder why they are like that. I just need time to get more customers. I need more people to buy from me during this period. The goods that were taken were not only mine; they belonged to customers too. They took everything. The goods in that shop were about seven point something million naira."
"The hairs that I was supposed to sell to customers as of that day were also taken because I had been traveling and just returned from Lagos Monday. I came back Monday evening, and by Tuesday morning, the shop was open and everything was gone. Even though some people tried to support me financially, it didn’t reach the total loss. I just need customers to buy from me so I can rebuild. Two people bought from me today, and I feel a little better. But the main issue is paying back the people I owe. Everybody is looking up to me, so it is very bad. Come to my area in Port Harcourt, even my shop—this one alone, the person will not die better.”
Finally, she offered advice for other small business owners facing similar challenges. She urged caution and the importance of keeping backup resources.
She advised:
“I advise against renting a shop as a small business owner. If you must, don’t put all your goods in that shop, so that in cases like this, you will have something to fall back on, unlike me. I am still taking orders for hair preorders. I need all the support I can get to stand on my feet again.”
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In a similar story, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian businesswoman broke down in tears after thieves broke into her boutique and carted away her goods.
Businesswoman cries as thieves loot her shop
Meanwhile, Legit.ng recently reported that a businesswoman was left in tears after thieves broke into her mother’s shop and carted away 44 gallons of palm oil and 5 gallons of groundnut oil. The burglars reportedly gained entry by breaking through the wall of a neighbouring shop.
In a viral video shared online, the woman revealed that the thieves forgot their bag filled with tools near the scene, alongside eight gallons of the stolen oil. The heartbreaking clip showed the damage done to the wall and the emotional moment her mother broke down in tears.
Proofreading by Funmilayo Aremu, copy editor at Legit.ng.
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