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Kind hearted Nigerian man returns money mistaken paid to him by POS operator

Posted on January 18, 2022

Kind hearted Nigerian man, Kennedy Friday has been hailed on social media for his moral and upright stands.

He returned a mouth watering sum of N35,200 to a POS operator who paid him in excess.

I can boldly say that a good number of persons in his shoes would not do same.

As reported by Fejiro Oliver on his Facebook handle, it reads:

I needed a little cash in my pocket today so I pulled over at a POS kiosk. A man who looked to be in his late fifties was the owner and operators of the POS business. He said he was an Igbo man from Imo state when I asked which state he was from.

Kind hearted Nigerian man returns money to POS operator
Kind hearted Nigerian man returns money to POS operator

I was in a hurry, but just by the side of the POS kiosk was a phone accessories shop so I also decided to get an iPhone charger since I needed it.

While I was selecting the kind of charger I actually needed I told the POS operator to give me N40,000 cash and include his service charge. He said his service charge was N800 & I did not object.

While my card was in the machine & debit was being processed after I had pointed my pin on the button of the machine, the man counted N40,000 cash & gave to me. I collected & pocketed without counting.

Processing over and transaction approved, he issued me the print out receipt which I threw to the ground without looking at.

I picked an iPhone charger & paid cash to the accessories dealers from the money the POS operator paid me, and walked into my car to zoom away.

Kind hearted Nigerian man
Kennedy Friday who returned money to POS operator

A still small voice told me to look at the debit alert on my phone, so I disengaged my gear to look at the alert.

Lo & Behold, the alert I got from my bank was N4,800 instead of N40,800 from the POS transaction.

I looked more closely the second time just to be absolutely sure, & saw that indeed the debit alert was N4,800.

I looked at the POS man from the tinted glass of my car. A man in his late fifties, you could tell that he was trying to battle to stay afloat on the turbulent waters of life.

His countenance said it all. He had just mistakenly “dashed” me N35,200 of his sweat, perhaps, almost all his capital for his POS business.

If I drove off, he will go back home to his family, & after trying to reconcile his account for the day’s business, there will be festival of tears & anguish up in realizing the shortfall. The misery would last for weeks.

In my cars, tears were already welling in my eyes as I peeped at the man. In this extremely hard economy in which we operate, a struggling man has just done himself in.

I wiped off the tears from my eyes & alighted from the car with my key on ignition. I moved to the kiosk.

“Oga make I do another one.” he said, enthusiastically. I shook my head without uttering a word, reached to the ATM in my pocket & gave to him.

“Please collect N35,200 from this ATM.”, I said. ” Should I include my charge”, he bellowed. “Just do as I said”, I insisted.

Transaction done, he wanted to count money to pay me.

And I said, “Sir. its your money. You overpaid me by N35,200 from the first transaction. It’s actually your own mistakes.”

Abruptly, the man fell down & held my feet, crying real heavy tears & mumbling blessings on me.

I lifted him up, hopped into my car & I was gone!

A little honest here & there, and the world can actually be a better place for all.

Credit: Fejiro Oliver | Facebook

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6 thoughts on “Kind hearted Nigerian man returns money mistaken paid to him by POS operator”

  1. Mabel Nyerere says:
    March 11, 2022 at 4:06 pm

    People like this hardly exist
    We are so luck to have him as a Nigerian
    We pray for more of his type

  2. Henry Yusuf says:
    February 22, 2022 at 11:29 pm

    If someone one like this still exist then the world will be a better place

  3. Kritzeze says:
    January 21, 2022 at 1:55 pm

    It means there is hope for Nigeria

  4. Agbudumeh Samuel says:
    January 19, 2022 at 8:59 am

    What a good man? because we hardly see people like that

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