Kano Airport Cleaner Returns $10,000 Found in Aircraft While Cleaning it

• An employee of the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) has been praised on X for his act of honesty
• The young man found $10,000 (which is around N16 million) while cleaning an aircraft and immediately returned it
• The cleaner works at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano and is renowned for his strong fear of God

Auwal Dankode, a cleaner and an employee of NAHCO, has earned widespread admiration for returning $10,000 (about N16 million) he found in an aircraft.

In a tweet on X on Wednesday, August 28, a netizen, @alaya_001, released a picture of Dankode with the dollar bills.

@alaya_001 said Dankode immediately notified his company's manager about it so a search for the rightful owner could be initiated.

The incident happened at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. Dankode, a native of Kode in Kano state, is known for his strong fear of God and integrity. @alaya_001 tweet read:

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"This Boy, Named Auwal Ahmed Dankode, an Employee of Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO), Found $10,000—Approximately 16 Million Naira—Inside a Plane While Cleaning It.

"Upon discovering the money, Auwal immediately reported it to the airline company's manager to initiate the search for the rightful owner. The incident took place at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport. Auwal, originally from Kode in Kano State, is known for his strong fear of God and honesty."

See the tweet below:

In a related story, Legit.ng reported that a young man had returned $135,000 he found next to an ATM.

Boy who returned $14,000 explains why

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a young man had shared why he returned $14,000 a foreign crypto trader mistakenly sent to him.

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Femi went viral after the white man, @raffayalvi, praised him on X for returning the whopping sum without hesitation. In a video, Femi explained how the white man mistakenly sent him the money. Femi said he had won $100 (over N150k) worth of Solana from the foreign crypto trader.

In an attempt to credit Femi his giveaway prize, the foreigner mistakenly sent $14k (over N21 million). Femi, a chemical engineering graduate, said he could not keep the money because he is a child of God and it didn't belong to him.

Proofread by Kola Muhammed, journalist and copyeditor at Legit.ng

Source: Legit.ng