We must marry: Battle-ready Nigerian ladies in UK Army sing carry me dey go my husband house
Ava Arnold
Updated on April 07, 2026
Two beautiful Nigerian women serving in the UK Army are the latest to jump on the “carry me dey go’ trend to the delight of Nigerian men.
Since the video of both military officers surfaced via Twitter, hundreds of Nigerians have reacted to the funny clip.
In the video, both women are seen playfully dancing as they sing the popular lyrics ‘carry me dey go my husband house’.
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The video begins with one of the duo identified as Blessing panting as she runs towards a helicopter, saying, “soldiers down, we’re down, we’re about to take off in the helicopter.”
“Go, go, go, the enemies are after us”, she says, before meeting her colleague who’s sitting at the entrance of the helicopter.
Both officers then hurriedly get in the abandoned helicopter.
They immediately switch demeanour and commence singing the now famous ‘carry me dey go my husband house’ chorus.
Blessing jokingly puts a twist to the song as she reference the helicopter without an engine.
“No engine, but carry me dey go my husband house,” she says.
The other officer whose identity is unknown at the end of the video attempts to twerk.
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The fun video has stirred reactions among Nigerian Twitter users who have taken to the comment section in their numbers in admiration of the pretty officers.
See comments:
@JohnDeBond – “I will happily welcome the other girl inside the chopper into my house as her Husband”
@Austch – “Kwakwakwa🤣🤣🤣 I never ekspekted that…How this fresh women take enter military still dey catch cruise wella? I hope guardroom no dey await them, cos I am already in love with the camerawoman amongst them😛❤😍”
@emmyside – “Have been waiting for you I’m right here o”
@i_phrame – “🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Pls can the chopper branch Lagos and drop you in Yaba?”
@Danybee82 – “Baba carry them dey go my house, my ring is about to chose one of them”
Nigerian man retires from US Army
In another news, a Nigerian named Akinola Oladipo has retired from the United States (US) Army after 24 years of active service.
The soldier who retired as an Infantry Senior Sergeant in a LinkedIn post chronicled his journey from Nigeria to the United States when he first arrived in America as a young man on July 7, 1997.
Upon arrival in the States, Oladipo “worked briefly with FEDEX and almost immediately joined the best Army in the world.”
According to him, the plan was “to do 4years, earn money for College, then go back and finished his education.”
However, after 4 years, he decided to extend his service in the US Army for another 20 years.