"People Mocked Me For Returning The Misplaced $10,000" – UBA Security Guard Reveals

The security guard with the United Bank for Africa, Mohammed Ogbanago, who returned $10,000 (about N2.8m) misplaced by a customer and was specially recognized by UBA chairman, Tony Elumelu -has said he was ridiculed for the action.


He explained that he returned the money to show that all Nigerians were not corrupt and to set a good example for Nigerian youths.

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Our correspondent was told that the Kogi State indigene earns N30,000 (about $100) per month.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the 29-year-old had on April 7, 2016, found the $10,000 close to the main gate of the Oba Akran branch of the UBA, where he worked as a security guard.

The money was said to have fallen from an $84,500 withdrawn by a bank customer.

The security guard was said to have taken the money to the bank’s operation manager, who then handed it over to the customer when he revisited the bank.

Our correspondent was told that the bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Tony Elumelu, hosted Ogbanago at the bank’s corporate headquarters on the Lagos Island.