Civil Defence volunteer honoured for returning over N20m forgotten in tricycle to owner

By Ramatu Garba

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has described return of more than N20 million forgotten by a co-passenger in a commercial tricycle to its owner by one of its volunteers in Kano, Mr Nura Abdullahi as “a rare display of honesty, integrity and professionalism.”

ACG Amos Abiodun-Taiwo, NSCDC Commander, Zone 12 Kano said this while presenting a commendation letter to Abdullahi on Friday in Kano,

The NSCDC Commander recalled that Abdullahi found the money in a tricycle after a co-passenger, identified as Alhaji Mustafa, from Katsina State, mistakenly left the bag behind while alighting.

According to him, Abdullahi used the last dialed number on his mobile phone after lending it to the owner moments earlier to trace and contact the rightful owner of the money.

He added that it is very rare in our days to find someone who would return such a huge amount of money, especially under the current economic hardship.

He also noted that Nura is not even a regular staff of NSCDC, but a volunteer who could not boast of N20,000 in his account, but chose honesty.

Abiodun-Taiwo added that after verifying the incident, the command reported the matter to the Commandant-General, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, who directed that Abdullahi be celebrated as an example of integrity within the corps.

“This young man is a good ambassador of his family, the NSCDC, and Nigeria at large. If this were something negative, social media would have been awash with it. Positive deeds like this deserve equal publicity,” he said.

He appealed to the public to emulate Abdullahi’s sincerity, stressing that integrity remains valuable regardless of economic challenges.

“It pays to be honest. If he had taken the money, he would not be enjoying peace today. Parents should train their children well, and young people should uphold such moral values,” Abiodun-Taiwo added.

The commander assured that Abdullahi would be “handsomely rewarded” for his exemplary conduct.

(NAN)