In a remarkable display of honesty and integrity, 22-year-old ‘keke’ rider Auwalu Salisu in Kano returned N15 million that a passenger had forgotten in his tricycle.
The money was left by the passengers on Thursday and was returned to them on Saturday. He returned the money which is in CFA and Naira denominations (CFA10.130 million and N2.938million) after hearing an announcement on Arewa Radio 93.1 Kano.
He was given a reward of N400,000 by the owners who appreciate his honesty. Speaking to Arewa Radio in a video posted by the Radio Station on its Facebook page on Saturday, Salisu said, he returned the money because it does not belong to him.
He said, although the money was huge, it will not add anything to his life if he didn’t return to the owner because Allah will not bless anything he does with the money since it belongs to somebody who sweated to get it. Narrating how the thing happened, he said, “I took them from Badawa to a place near Yankaba. I didn’t realize that they have forgotten the money. I saw a bag containing the money at the back. I touched it and I realized that, it contained bundles of money. “When I opened it and saw the money, I quickly went home and showed it to my mother who then instructed me to show it to my father.
He then called his brother and we went back to look for the owners, but we didn’t see them. “I went into the building close to where they disembark, I look everywhere but I didn’t see them. So, I went back and told my father and my uncle that, I haven’t seen them. “So, we went back home and kept the money in safe and waited to hear any announcement about people who left their money in a Keke NAPEP.
“I later heard an announcement on Arewa Radio, I took the phone number provided and called in the morning. I called about five times and the call was not answered. I later called the second number provided and they picked it. “They asked me about where to meet me, I said I will come to Arewa Radio, but they said I they will meet me at my place in Badawa. But I insisted that, we should meet at the Radio Station and they agreed. We went there at 10:am”.
