A 35-year-old homeless tricycle operator, Chukuwdi Okeke has returned a bag containing huge sums of foreign currencies left in his tricycle by a US-based Nigerian, Eze Dr Bona Eze.
It was reported that the tricycle rider, who hails from Umungwa in Obowo town, Imo State, traced the owner, and gave him the forgotten bag with everything intact even though he opened the bag and saw some Dollars, Euros and Pounds Sterling inside the bag.
He insisted on tracing the owner and returned everything despite riding the tricycle on hire purchase, hissister being in a hospital and needing money for her treatment.
Okeke began the journey and went to Aceland Royal Garden, located at 10 Abiodun Alimi Street opposite Ejigbo Local Council Secretariat, where he dropped Dr Eze at night on Friday, 6th December, 2024.
The owner of the bag had already given up, however, his joy returned two days after the incident happened when the security man at the hotel came to his room and informed him that one man was looking for him.
He came down and met the rider, who showed him a wristwatch and asked if he was the owner. Dr Eze confirmed that he was the owner of the wristwatch.
Then, Okeke introduced himself that he was the Keke rider who dropped him off at the hotel two days ago and he forgot his bag in the tricycle, which he had kept safely in his house while looking for him.
He then asked the owner to follow him to his house to carry his bag. Dr Eze was afraid because he didn’t know the identity of Okeke and a security arrangement was made. They followed him to his house and he handed over the bag intact. Dr Eze offered him some money but he refused and told him that there was no need for that because the lost of the bag may have caused some pain for those days.
While handing him the bag, Chukwudi Okeke explained that he opened the bag because he was looking for his number in order to contact him, and all he saw were foreign numbers. And so he decided to pick up his wristwatch from the bag to come to the hotel to show him in order to know if he was actually the owner of the bag.
The tricycle rider explained that it took him two days because he had rushed to Ogun State to see his sick sister and when he came back, he decided to come and check him at the hotel and hand the bag over to him.
