An airport staff member, Auwal Ahmed, has demonstrated integrity and honesty by returning approximately $10,000 (equivalent to N16 million) that was discovered inside an aircraft during the cleaning process in Kano State, located in North West Nigeria....READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶
Ahmed, an employee of the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO), was cleaning the plane at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport when he saw the money.
Speaking on the development, Ahmed said the money was found on an Egyptian airline that landed at about 1.30 pm, Wednesday.
He said, “I was conducting a routine cleaning of the aircraft that had just landed when I saw the money in an envelope.
He explained that, in line with their training, whenever they found anything on an aircraft, they were expected to report to their supervisor.
Ahmed said, the supervisor was not available at that time and decided to report it to the airline company’s manager to initiate the search for the rightful owner.
According to him, a few minutes later, the owner of the money, a man rushed towards the aircraft, in search of the money.
He noted that the manager asked the man what he was looking for and he responded that it was money in an envelope that he forgot on his seat, which was the seat number of where the money was found.
‘“The man was asked several questions which he answered positively and the money was later released to him.
Many people at the airport carried me shoulder high praising me for the good deed.
“Honestly I feel very elated and excited that I found it difficult to even go to bed right now because I am so happy that God used me to make somebody happy.
“Returning what does not belong to me to the rightful owner is nothing to me because that was the training we got from home. But I was excited when I learned the value and the owner who does not understand Hausa as he spoke Arabic was so happy that he hugged me many times,” he said.
Auwal Ahmed is an indigene of Kode in the Bunkure local government area of Kano State.
