A 37-year-old Point of Sale (PoS) operator, Mohammed Sani Abdulrahman, of Kurnar Asabe Quarters in the Kano metropolis has returned N10 million that was mistakenly transferred into his account by a businessman.
Kano State Police Command made this known in a statement on Thursday, noting that it took the police three months of investigation to identify the owner of the excess money.The statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa said Mohammed had reported himself at the State’s Police Headquarters in Bompai, Kano, in December 2023 and stated that an unknown customer had made a transfer of the sum of Nine Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira (N9,990,000:00) to his business account instead of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000:00).
“It was since on 21/12/2023, that a Point of Sale (POS) Operator known as Mohammed Sani Abdulrahman, 37 years, ‘m’, of Kurnar Asabe Quarters Kano, reported himself at the Bompai Police Headquarters Kano where he stated that someone among his customers has overpaid into his POS business, the sum of Nine Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira (N9,990,000:00) while he wanted to make an online transfer of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000:00) only and mistakenly transferred the sum of ten million naira (N10,000,000:00).
“On receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, FIPMA, psc directed a team of detectives led by SP Abdulwahab Zubairu from the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to carry out discreet investigation with a view to identify the owner and return his money.
“On the 13th of March, 2024, the investigation was concluded by uncovering the identity of the rightful owner, who is a businessman at Dawanau Grain Market in Kano Metropolis.
“After a painstaking investigation and being satisfied with proofs of ownership, the money, the excess sum of Nine Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira (N9,990,000) was returned to the owner’s same account. The owner admired the gesture of which out of joy and with pleasure gave the PoS operator cash gift of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000:00). The owner also thanked the CP for his honesty, integrity, and showing good example.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, FIPMA, psc who is famously nick-named by the good people of the State as “A Fada a Cika” commended the PoS operator for his honesty and good conduct and also encourages others to emulate,” the PPRO stated.
Meanwhile, it was earlier reported that a 23-year-old Kano-based commercial Tricyclist, Awwalu Salisu, who returned a cash of N15million left in his tricycle by a Chadian businessman in 2023, has been offered a scholarship up to PhD level of education to the tune of N250million.
The award was announced while being honoured as the ‘Outstanding Young Person of the Year 2023’ by LEADERSHIP Media Group.
A fellow awardee and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who was honoured as the LEADERSHIP Politician of the Year 2023, was the first to offer Awwalu scholarship at the Abuja-based Baze University up to PhD level.
Thereafter, Niger State governor and co- winner of LEADERSHIP Governor of the Year Award, Mohammed Umar Bago, jocularly reacted by saying Labour Party cannot be allowed to outshine the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Bago consequently announced a N250m scholarship award to Awwalu to appreciate his act of honesty and to encourage other young Nigerians to imbibe the virtue.
He said Awwalu will get N50m scholarship each from him personally, President Bola Tinubu, his Ministers, APC Governors Forum and Niger State government.
Bago added that he would name one of road projects he was undertaking in Niger State after the Kano Keke rider.