Pelumi Nubi, the content creator who embarked on a solo road trip from London to Lagos by road, has survived a car accident.
In an Instagram post on Tuesday, 26 March, 2024, she shared a picture of her now-wrecked car, revealing severe damage to the front bumper and a shattered windscreen.
An accompanying video shows her being carried in an ambulance, with the caption: “Say a prayer for me.”
Details about the accident’s location, cause, and the extent of her injuries remain unclear.
Pelumi began her journey on Wednesday, 31 January, 2024, facing various obstacles along the way.
These challenges included a 24-hour hold at the Liberian border and being denied entry to Sierra Leone last week. As a result, she has postponed her original return date from March 23, 2024, to April 7, 2024.
In an interview with Channels Television, Nubi spoke on what nudged her to drive across continents:
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”Honestly, I just wanted to show that this kind of travel was very possible for someone who looks like me and really inspires the next generation of travellers to step out of their comfort zone and do incredible things.
“Each time I try to imagine it (driving into Lagos), I get goosebumps because it’s just been such a tremendous journey, you know, showing people the parts and all of that, and then to get to this finale, and I hear it’s a homecoming like people have rallied up.”
Nubi, who has travelled to over 80 countries, now says she’s “trying to show that as a woman travelling solo, you know, you do have to have that extra safety or that extra layer of safety consideration, but it shouldn’t stop you.”
