A Nigerian toilet roll seller in Spain is being praised as a Good Samaritan and very honest person after he returned over 16 thousand Euros he found in a briefcase that fell from the top of a car.
35 year old Peter Angelina, who makes a living from selling tissue paper at a traffic light junction at the corner of Calle Juan Diaz de Solis and Ruben Dario in Seville, Spain, was selling his wares on December 3 when he noticed a small briefcase left on the roof of a car.
The briefcase fell to the ground when the driver of the car drove away. Peter picked up the briefcase and ran after the vehicle, trying to flag the driver down to return the briefcase to him but couldn’t get the attention of the driver. He then took the briefcase to a police station near the junction.
When police opened the briefcase, they found €3,150 in cash and six cheques with a combined value of €13,000 as well as some documents and a mobile telephone.
According to Euronews, Spanish Police tracked down the owner of the briefcase, a 42-year-old businessman from Seville, and returned his belongings. The man later found Peter and rewarded him with €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.” Peter later told local media
It turns out that Peter Angelina is a medical doctor, but cannot practice medicine in Spain because his diploma from Lagos University is not recognized there. He started studying medicine in Seville five years ago and sells tissues to afford his studies. He also gets a little financial help from his father who reportedly works in the police force in Nigeria.
Admin Question: Will his dad, a Nigerian police officer behave like his son in the same situation?
Source: Euronews