POS operator in Ebonyi State, Mr Vincent Nnaemeka Nwogbodo has returned the sum of N274,000 excess money transferred into his account by one Mrs Jane Ifeoma Asogwa at Eke Nibo in Awka South LGA of Anambra State.
Nwogbodo, now in his 39th year of age hails from Ebonyi State and operates his POS business in Ishieke in the Ebonyi local government area of the state.
He said, that he received an alert of N305,000 instead of N30,500 from a customer in Anambra state who wanted to send money home through his POS.
According to him, the sender of the money had already concluded the transfer of the cash at Nibo in Anambra state when he noticed that it was over transfer of cash that was credited to his account, saying that he could not trace the POS operator where the money came from which made him to continue for search of the sender.
Nigerian Pilot learnt that it was like a drama when Mr Nwogbodo met with Mrs Asogwa at Eke Nibo after much explanation, as she started shouting and dancing around the market to recover her overpaid money which she felt had gone.
The traders and market women gathered in their numbers and started singing and dancing in celebration, praising and praying for Mr Nwogbodo for his kind and God-fearing mind.
Nwogbodo said he decided to trace the owner of the money through her Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) registration because he doesn’t believe in dubious ways of wealth but believes in the genuine way of making money.
“Someone from my Village who is residing there (Anambra) gave my account number to her to send the money I will give to her people in the village as someone she trusted. Instead of N30,500 the woman envisaged, the POS operator mistakenly transferred N305,000.
“The one who sent the money to my account did not know what happened and she doesn’t have a phone, I then traced them from CAC through their Business Name Jimas Communication Network and traced the owner from Ebonyi to Anambra state to hand over the cash to the owner.
“I returned the money due to my faith in God, any money I did not work for is not my money unless someone willingly gifted me. Secondly, the Moniepoint Microfinance bank that I am using for my business is trustworthy and dependable, I emulate them even as I urge the CBN to grant full Banking Status to them so that they will help to stabilise the economy”.
Mrs Asogwa who hails from Enugu State but operates her business at Eke Nibo when she was identified by Nwogbodo at the market shouted with joy which made traders and other market women gather to celebrate the good news.
She said she never believed that human beings and youth would be trustworthy and could exhibit such a Godly manner by returning money to somebody he doesn’t know.
“I made the mistake of transferring N30,500 to N305,000. I didn’t notice immediately due to the number of customers at my shop that day but I realised that my money for business was going down until he came to explain and I recalled and went back to my debit alert and noticed the mistake.
“I don’t know that such a person still exists in this country. How can a young man of this age not only return money overpaid to him without request but also trace the sender he doesn’t know from Ebonyi to Anambra to return the money? It was a miracle. I can see that not every young people are ‘Yahoo boy or Do 419er in this country. We still have genuine people like Vincent.
“Nigerians should be celebrating such character. Government, good-spirited individuals and NGOs/agencies should honour him and appreciate him for teaching others lessons of good character. We should appreciate good character rather than hail evil. This man needs to be supported morally, financially and otherwise for this singular act. It could be anybody.
“I prayed God to highly and surely bless him beyond measure for such an uncommon display of trust. Our youths should learn from such character, we should be contented with what we have and who we are rather than live fake and fraudulent lives. He (Vincent) is a good ambassador of Moneypoint Microfinance bank and Nigeria as a whole,” Mrs Asogwa stated.
