A pilgrim from Nasarawa State, Mallam Suleiman Bello, has been rewarded with a free seat for 2016 hajj after he returned about half a million naira he found in Ka’aba, Makkah to the owner, an Afghanistani pilgrim.
The money in various denominations are $2,345 (N466, 655), SR303 Saudi Riyal (N16, 076.84) and 3,020 Afghanistan currency (N9, 370.64) totaling N492, 102.44.
Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Abdullahi Mukhtar Mohammed handed over the money to the owner in the presence of other Afghan officials in Nigeria’s Makkah office.
As a reward for his honesty – the NAHCON boss announced a free seat for the pilgrim for next year’s hajj.
Explaining the entire incident, Bello said he discovered the waist bag while doing Tawaf (circumambulation) in Ka’aba.
He said he was contented and never tempted to go away with the money.
Bello disclosed that he took the money to his coordinator Mallam Hamza Ibrahim Naibi who said that since the identity card of the owner was in the bag, locating the owner would be easy.
He was very grateful for the reward given to him.
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