A Nigerian man who sells tissue paper by the roadside in Seville, Spain has returned a brief case containing €16,000 to its owner.
Peter Angelina, 35, who trained as a doctor in Nigeria, but who can’t practice because his qualifications are not recognised in Spain returned the briefcase which fell off the roof of a car to the police who subsequently returned it to its owner.
According to Telegraph UK, he was selling packets of paper handkerchiefs at his usual roadside spot, on December 3rd, when he noticed that a briefcase had been left on the roof of a car. When the motorist pulled away, the briefcase fell to the ground.
Angelina then tried to stopped the driver, but was unable to do so. He then took the briefcase to the police station so authorities could assist in tracking down the owner – which they were eventually able to do. The owner was a 42-year-old businessman from Seville.
“The case was discovered to contain €3,150 in cash and six cheques with a combined value of €13,000 as well as some documents and a mobile telephone.”
As a reward for his honesty, the businessman gave him €100.
“People say I could have kept the money and then thrown the briefcase away but I am not like that, and God wouldn’t have liked that… I am not crazy, I am a good man,” he said.