Olayinka, in his late 30s,
told newsmen that he discovered an envelope left behind by the passenger on the
back seat of his car, shortly after he returned to the airport from Ibese, Ikorodu,
destination of the passenger.
Adeniyi Olayinka, a driver
at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) taxi park in Lagos, was
yesterday the cynosure of all eyes after returning the sum of N888,000 lost by
a passenger.
The driver, who doesn’t
have a car of his own, but works as commissioned driver to a member of the
Airport Car Hire Association of Nigeria (ACHAN), said it never crossed his mind
to covet another person’s belonging because
“it would put another
family in sorrow and it is against the orientation given to every member of
ACHAN at the airport.
“Though it could be
tempting to some people to see such money and pocket it, especially when their
income is very poor. As for me, it never crossed my mind to do so,” Olayinka
said.
The driver and his lucky
passenger, Dele Ayeni, had met at about 1:30a.m. Monday shortly after the
latter arrived from Cairo, Egypt. According to Olayinka, “I negotiated with him
and we agreed for N6,000 to transport him to his destination at Ikorodu. I
returned to the airport immediately I dropped him at his house. But no sooner I
arrived and parked my car at the airport I discovered that an enveloped had
been left behind on the back seat of my car.
“I picked the envelope and
opened it. What I saw was his international passport. I looked further into the
envelope and discovered there was another white envelope inside. I opened the
second envelope only to discover that something was wrapped in it. When I removed
the wrapper I discovered it contained mint fresh notes of U.S. currency. They
were in $100 bills. I counted and they were 24 in number totaling $2,400.
“When converted at
prevailing rate of N370 as at Monday morning, it amounted to N888,000. Based on
the orientation and instructions we received from the leadership of ACHAN on
weekly basis, I reported the findings to the officer on duty at the arrival car
park of the airport. I was instructed to drop the parcel and its contents at
our secretariat at MMIA.”
At dawn, both Olayinka and
Ayeni were travelling in opposite direction to look for one another. As the
driver reached the passenger’s house, Olayinka was alerted that Ayeni was
already at the airport looking for his money.
Ayeni, having retrieved his
lost items, said he was a living testimony to the advantages of taking cabs
from registered point at airports. “I have started campaigning to people via
social media to always patronise airport registered cabs. The advantages far
outweigh the disadvantages. The registered airport cab may charge higher but
you are sure that if you forget anything in the cab, you would surely see it
again,” he said.
Chairman ACHAN MMIA, Lagos,
Olubi Ojo said Ayeni’s case was just one of the many cases the association
handles on regular basis. Ojo recalled that one of his members once returned
$15,000 left by a passenger in his car.
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