She went to the hospital, but her treatment was inadequate, and with glass shards in her arm, hands and shoulder, she went to the embassy to request repatriation. A flight was arranged, but postponed several times.

On 17 August she posted, ”I'm at the airport but they won't allow 5 of us to board because our madams reported us as runaways. If you don't hear from me again, I'm in prison." She was accused of stealing from her employer, then detained and incarcerated, still with glass in her arm. She never saw her bags containing her clothing, the books she valued or her important personal documents again.

This is Lebanon posted information on Twitter about Precious’ detention, which  received wide attention. Precious was released, and on 1 September she wrote, “God bless you for saving me out of prison.” However, her situation remained dire. On 5 September she wrote, “I will kill myself here. I will take poison and go and die in the embassy. I’m just weary and tired of this horrible life. I don't have any money for food. The little I have was wasted on Corona tests.”

This Is Lebanon supported Precious with a food package, paid for her next pcr test (her 4th) and arranged medical treatment to remove the glass from her arms before she finally flew home to Nigeria on 9 September. 

She was grateful for the assistance but left with huge regrets for ever having gone to Lebanon. She was relieved to be able to return home, but came back with less than she left after losing her books, clothes and important official papers. She was appalled at the lack of medical care, incredulous that the Lebanese government should allow such enslavement and, most of all, that General Security should detain women at the airport on trumped up, unproven charges.