“KEKE” rider returns N330, 000 picked by roadside in Kano

By Abiodun OBA

A tricycle rider, Bala Abdulrahman, has been commended for returning the sum of N330, 000 he picked by the roadside to the police.

Abdulrahman, a resident of Gunduwawa, Gezawa Local Government Area, Kano state, had reported himself at Fagge Police Division, Kano.

He told the police that while he was on his business of riding his tricycle, he saw a suspicious black leather by the roadside along Kwanar Dawaki in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area.

Abdulrahman picked the item and found some amount of money, hence, he decided to deliver it to the Police.

However, the Commissioner of Police, CP Gumel, through the office of the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) made public announcements on the recovered money, urging the owner to come forward to claim it at the police headquarters, Bompai.

A statement by the Kano police Command’s spokesman, Superintendent of Police, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said, “Following a public announcement by the Kano State Police Command on June 19 on unclaimed money found and delivered to the Police in Fagge Division Kano, a claimer has unveiled himself as the rightful owner.

“However, after a thorough investigation and having been satisfied with his proof of ownership, the money, the sum of three hundred and thirty thousand naira (N330,000:00) has been handed over to him.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel famously referred to by the good people of the State as “A fada a cika” presents a gift to the tricycle rider for his honesty and good conduct and whose kind gesture enable the owner to reunite with his money and at the same time presented a souvenir to him for being God-fearing and also to encourage others to emulate his good action”.

CP Gumel has since returned the money back to the owner.