‘I Was Mocked, Called Stupid,’ Says Airport Security Who Returned Bag Of Dollars

A junior security guard at Halogen Securities Limited, Achi Daniel, who returned items found in a bag at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, last weekend, has revealed that some of his friends ridiculed him for his honesty.

Achi, in a ceremony organised to honour him alongside his supervisor, Francis Emepueaku, yesterday in Lagos, said it was not his first time of returning lost money in the course of discharging his duty.

However, Achi clarified that he was never tempted by the contents of the bag as he was aided by his Christian background.

He added that though mocked and abused by several friends, he would still do same in subsequent occurrence in future.

“If the money was in multi-millions of foreign currencies, I would still have returned it.

“I was mocked and called stupid severally for my honesty but that didn’t deter me from doing what my conscience tells me was right,” he said.

Meanwhile, Achi and his colleague were rewarded with education scholarships and the sum of N250, 000 by their employer.