When he returns to Dublin, possibly as soon as this weekend, Olukunle Elukanlo is expected to resume his previous living and financial arrangements.
Throughout his time in Ireland he stayed in a room in accommodation provided for him not far from his school in Palmerstown.
Under the Department of Justice's direct provision scheme, he would have received €19.10 a week.
He supplemented his income by working in the local SuperValu. Asylum seekers are not supposed to work while their applications are being processed, but this regulation is widely disregarded.
School friends said yesterday he drove a car and worked in order to pay the insurance.
He also had savings in the local credit union which he would be unable to access if he had to remain in Lagos.
No-one in Palmerstown yesterday had a bad word for the 20-year-old whose deportation has been revoked by the Minister for Justice.
"Everyone knows him around here - he was always in good humour," said a classmate who had arrived outside the school yesterday for the celebrations.
"He was a great dancer. He was very popular and he was a real joker," said another, before correcting himself and putting his comments in the present tense.
Elukanlo arrived in Ireland in early 2002 and sought asylum, saying his father had been killed in ethnic conflict, he had been wounded and his mother's whereabouts were unknown.
However, his application and subsequent appeal were rejected.
Minister for Justice Michael McDowell refused to allow him stay on humanitarian grounds and signed a deportation order against him last January.