A Nigerian student Promise Okoro received a goat from his mother after his final exams, and the story went viral online. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing BBC News.
The 23-year-old pharmaceutical technology student initially thought the screams meant someone was about to propose marriage. Instead, he found his friends gathered around his mother, Chinyere, who was pulling a goat.
"I was so happy," he told BBC Pidgin. "I felt so emotional."
The moment was captured on video and quickly spread online, drawing thousands of warm reactions. For the Igbo people, goats are valuable gifts, often given to show respect and goodwill, associated with important occasions such as traditional weddings and family celebrations.
Promise plans to keep the goat as a pet. "It's now my pet, it's too precious to me, I have no intention of killing it," he says. He even plans to get a female goat and start breeding.
The goat now roams freely at the student halls and has human-like habits. "I have noticed it loves fried rice a lot! The way he eats up my fried rice leftovers - very voracious," laughs Promise.
The goat has become a local celebrity: when Promise took it to a supermarket, fans clambered to take photos. "It got on a car ride with me from my hostel to the mall... it was calm [even though] it's now a celebrity - more popular than me," he says.
His mother Chinyere gave the goat as a way of saying "I am proud of you." She had travelled for more than an hour from Ubaha-Eze to surprise her son at the Federal Polytechnic Nekede. Chinyere had dreamed of buying her son a car but couldn't afford it. She is a trader selling consumer goods.