Young ‘keke rider’ gets N400,000 reward for returning missing N15 million to a passenger in Kano state

Auwalu Salisu, one 22-year-old tricycle rider, has returned the whooping sum of
N15 million that was forgotten by a passenger who came from Chad to buy goods in Kano state

According to reports gathered, Salisu, a resident of Yankaba in Nasarawa local government area of the state metropolis, returned the money after hearing a message about the missing money on a radio station in Kano.

The money, N15 million when converted, includes; 10.130 million CFA and N2.9 million.

Speaking to Arewa Radio in Kano, the good Samaritan said he did not notice that his passenger had forgotten the money until he reached home.

“I took the man from Badawa to Bata. I went back there after informing my parents. When I reached there, I didn’t meet him and I kept searching.

I went back home and gave the money to my mother who kept it inside her wardrobe. I was afraid because I was eager to hand over the money back to the owner. I had no intention to touch a penny. it’s not mine, as such prohibited for me.

I heard the announcement on Arewa Radio, and they gave a number. I called the number and the owner said he will come to our house, but I said no. We should meet at the Radio Station. We met there and I gave him his money,” Salisun said.

Speaking through his brother, Musa Hassan, the owner who gifted Salisu the sum of N400,000, appreciated the boy and his parents for raising him properly.

“I never thought these kind of boys exists on earth. I had given up already, but I got my money back. Alhamdulillah! I really appreciate him and his parents. They are facing difficulties but they didn’t touch even a penny from my money,” the owner said. [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>>