An American woman who flew to Pakistan to meet her teenage online lover is refusing to leave the country after his family said they can’t get married – and is demanding money from the government.
In a tale of heartbreak that has bewildered the internet, New Yorker Onijah Andrew Robinson, 32, has become a social media sensation after clips of her giving press conferences insisting she is going to ‘reconstruct’ the South Asian nation have been made into countless TikTok edits.
She was also pictured camping outside the house of her alleged 19-year-old lover, Nidal Ahmed Memon, after his parents intervened in the affair – even though it is understood they vacated the premises.
A young man understood to be her son has made a video address saying she has ‘mental bipolar disorder’ and explained he was trying to get her back to the US.
‘She can’t think correctly at this moment,’ he said in a clip shared by Viral Verse. ‘She was not married to nobody. I’m trying to help her.’
However, Onijah – who is said to be a mother of four – has repeatedly refused to leave Pakistan and despite a few days ago accepting an offer for a flight back, is said to still be in the nation.
She has also reportedly been seen by a team at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for mental health support.
As well as claiming she is married to her alleged partner, she has also demanded cash from the government, to ‘rebuild’ Pakistan.
‘My plan is to rebuild this entire country. I’m asking for $100k, and I need $20k in cash by the end of this week. That’s my demand from the government,’ she said in one press conference, as reported by Geo News.
‘The government needs to fix these streets… it’s ridiculous here, I don’t like it. You all need to understand that Pakistan needs new buses, taxis, and cars.’
It is understood that Onijah met her ‘boyfriend’ online after he found her Facebook profile.
In an online explainer, influencer @shey.luh revealed that Onijah’s pictures were ‘very edited’, sparking some online accusations of ‘catfishing’.
When she arrived in Pakistan, the content creator said she did meet her ‘boyfriend’ and his family, but the parent immediately said nothing can happen between them.
She sparked media attention when – after the break-up – Onijah refused to leave and ‘camped’ outside the family’s house.
While it seems that Onjiah and Nidal are not husband and wife, some on social media suggested that the pair may have been ‘married’ via an online Muslim wedding service.
The New Yorker also decided to start holding press conferences to local media, where she would offer her plans to ‘improve’ Pakistan while insisting she is married to Nidal Ahmed.
Elsewhere she has also alleged that the pair are going to have a baby and live in Dubai.
Eventually, Onijah’s tourist visa was said to have expired and an NGO offered to help her with a ticket back to the US.
However, as reported by Black Enterprise, she ‘refused’.
FEMAIL has reached out to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and the US Consulate in Karachi for a statement – and has attempted to reach out to Onijah.
