A tricycle operator, popularly called Keke NAPEP in Umuahia, Abia State capital identified as Ikechi Winner Chibueze on Tuesday returned a mobile phone misplaced by his passenger.
He said a female passenger drew his attention to the phone left at the back of his Keke.
When the owner called, he promised to return it to him, a promise he later kept.
He further noted that it is not the first time of him having such experience about people forgetting their belongings in his Keke, and advised his fellow commercial riders to always return items found in their rides not minding what will be gotten in return but trusting God for a better.
Sharing the story, the owner of the misplaced phone, Dr Sammie Echem a Senior Lecturer in the Fine and Applied Arts department of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, expressed happiness for getting it back, saying there are still good people in the State.
Narrating what happened, he said, he had entered the keke to meet up with some things but never knew where he had misplaced the phone adding that it was the tricycle rider that told him where he misplaced it.
According to Echem, he only noticed that the phone was no more with him when he checked his bag, prompting him to call the phone in expectation that anyone in the custody of it would answer. Lock however came his way when Mr. Ikechi picked the call from the phone and directed him where to return the phone.
He said, ’I am happy that there are still some truthful persons, there are still people of integrity, there are still people who are sincere and proud of what they have, am also happy that he is not in a hurry to make money unnecessarily but uprightly’’.
Echem advised other commercial riders to always be sincere to people no matter if there is no one watching them and be contented with what they have which will help them keep safe whatever is left in their custody, adding that God sees all.
He appreciated the tricycle Driver with a token.
