This is the real airport cleaner who found $27,000 and returned it to the owner |
Josephine Agwu, the airport cleaner who made headlines recently after
finding and returning a missing N12million to its owner has relieved
the experience of that day.
Miss Agwu, a cleaner with Patovilki, a concessionaire
handling the cleaning of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport,
Ikeja Lagos, found the N12m while cleaning a toilet near the screening
point of the departure area of the airport, and took it to the security
post.
handling the cleaning of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport,
Ikeja Lagos, found the N12m while cleaning a toilet near the screening
point of the departure area of the airport, and took it to the security
post.
The owner later came and the security returned the money to the owner
and disclosed how Miss Agwu found the money and brought it to them.
After counting the money and it was complete the owner simply looked at
Agwu and walked away. This was the third time she was returning lost
bags containing huge sums of money.
and disclosed how Miss Agwu found the money and brought it to them.
After counting the money and it was complete the owner simply looked at
Agwu and walked away. This was the third time she was returning lost
bags containing huge sums of money.
We told you last week that the Lagos State House of
Assembly, had concluded plans to invite and honour her but Josephine
says she has not heard from them.
Assembly, had concluded plans to invite and honour her but Josephine
says she has not heard from them.
“They said they are going to give me automatic employment, but I have not heard from them till now”
She says her employers have increased her salary from a paltry N7,800 to N15,000 per month.
“I am from Enugu State, from Obonkpa in Nsukka Local
Government. I live at Agbotukunyo in Agege. The incident happened on the
23rd of January 2015. I was on morning duty. So as I was sweeping
around 6:30pm, I saw the bag on the ground and there were some
passengers there so I thought that the bag could belong to one of them.
But as I closed at 7:20pm, the person to relieve me on duty came that
time.”
Government. I live at Agbotukunyo in Agege. The incident happened on the
23rd of January 2015. I was on morning duty. So as I was sweeping
around 6:30pm, I saw the bag on the ground and there were some
passengers there so I thought that the bag could belong to one of them.
But as I closed at 7:20pm, the person to relieve me on duty came that
time.”
“I was going to the toilet again, I saw the same bag
there. Then I told the passengers sitting there that they should be
mindful of the bag because once they announce the flight they may forget
it. They replied that the bag did not belong to them. Three of the
passengers left, so I then picked the bag and took it to the FAAN
security people. At first, they put the bag on the screening machine,
before they opened the bag and discovered that there were many envelops
in the bag containing money in different currencies including dollars.”
there. Then I told the passengers sitting there that they should be
mindful of the bag because once they announce the flight they may forget
it. They replied that the bag did not belong to them. Three of the
passengers left, so I then picked the bag and took it to the FAAN
security people. At first, they put the bag on the screening machine,
before they opened the bag and discovered that there were many envelops
in the bag containing money in different currencies including dollars.”
“As they were counting it, I saw an NDLEA woman accompanied by one man
and both of them were coming towards us. They said that the man could be
the owner of the bag. So when they came in, they interviewed the man
and the man mentioned the amount of money and the colour of the bag.
Before then, they had counted the money and it was exactly the amount
that the man said.”
and both of them were coming towards us. They said that the man could be
the owner of the bag. So when they came in, they interviewed the man
and the man mentioned the amount of money and the colour of the bag.
Before then, they had counted the money and it was exactly the amount
that the man said.”
“Then they carried the money and gave to the man for him to count.
After counting, they asked him if the money was complete, he said yes
and they snapped him picture. They asked him again about three times and
they told the man that, ‘look at the woman that picked your bag’, and
the man was looking at me. His name is Mr. Obinna Samuel. They told him
that he should thank his God that if it were another person, that person
would have run away with the bag but this woman didn’t do that. So I
left and the man took the money and put inside the bag and went away.”
“Then FAAN security personnel called me back, and they took my number
On-Duty-Card (ODC) and my name. That was how it happened. People are
praising me, FAAN said that they are going to give me automatic
employment but I have not heard from them till now.”
After counting, they asked him if the money was complete, he said yes
and they snapped him picture. They asked him again about three times and
they told the man that, ‘look at the woman that picked your bag’, and
the man was looking at me. His name is Mr. Obinna Samuel. They told him
that he should thank his God that if it were another person, that person
would have run away with the bag but this woman didn’t do that. So I
left and the man took the money and put inside the bag and went away.”
“Then FAAN security personnel called me back, and they took my number
On-Duty-Card (ODC) and my name. That was how it happened. People are
praising me, FAAN said that they are going to give me automatic
employment but I have not heard from them till now.”
“People should appreciate what they have. People do a lot of bad
things because they are not happy with what they have. With the little I
earn, I try to manage it well. If I can’t manage that small money that I
earn, even if I begin to earn N1 million, I will still not know how to
manage it.”
things because they are not happy with what they have. With the little I
earn, I try to manage it well. If I can’t manage that small money that I
earn, even if I begin to earn N1 million, I will still not know how to
manage it.”
“So, I am telling every Nigerian to be happy in any situation they
find themselves. Don’t be faster than your shadow because so many
things will go wrong. Sometimes things get bad because people want to be
like others. All fin gers are not equal. It is true that God promised
those who serve him riches, but people should be careful how they go
about it. I am telling people to have pa tience. It is because people
want quick money that is why some people become thieves. On the part
of my management, in fact they are happy, all my supervisors. In short
they are doing good things for me, even they are carrying me like egg,
even my MD. They have added money to my salary. In short, my manager,
Madam Eunice has been doing many things for me since the incident,
praising me. She said that she knows that she can trust me, and that I
cannot see anything that does not belong to me and I take it away.” she
quipped.
find themselves. Don’t be faster than your shadow because so many
things will go wrong. Sometimes things get bad because people want to be
like others. All fin gers are not equal. It is true that God promised
those who serve him riches, but people should be careful how they go
about it. I am telling people to have pa tience. It is because people
want quick money that is why some people become thieves. On the part
of my management, in fact they are happy, all my supervisors. In short
they are doing good things for me, even they are carrying me like egg,
even my MD. They have added money to my salary. In short, my manager,
Madam Eunice has been doing many things for me since the incident,
praising me. She said that she knows that she can trust me, and that I
cannot see anything that does not belong to me and I take it away.” she
quipped.