A commercial tricycle rider in Aba, Abia State, identified as Lucky Okoro, has gained popular praise after returning ₦4 million mistakenly left in his keke by a passenger.
The woman, a Cameroonian trader, had boarded Okoro’s tricycle from the popular Aba Main Park to Ariaria Market on the morning of Thursday, June 26, 2025, but unknowingly left behind a bag containing the huge sum of money.
Okoro, popularly known as Onye Photo and a native of Umuomei in Obingwa LGA, said, the woman had forgotten her bag containing the cash inside his Keke unknowingly.
“She stopped and forgot her bag inside my Keke, so I was looking for her but I couldn’t find her. I returned to the park. I did not see her again. Then, I went back to Ariaria Market and found her at the junction where she was crying, wanted to kill herself,” he said.
According to the driver, he said upon seeing the distraught woman, he approached her, consoled her, and handed back the forgotten money.
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“I called her, wiped all her tears, then returned the money to her and took her to a hotel and she paid for it. I told her to stay there so that tomorrow she can continue. She is from Cameroon, she’s not a Nigerian talk less of Aba woman,” Okoro added.
In a video posted by the Punch, the emotional passenger is seen praying for Okoro, surrounded by bystanders who hailed the act of honesty.
In a post on his Facebook page, the Keke driver said, “Jehovah thank you. I have made your name to be praised.”
“Thanks Jehovah, I found her. Some of my fellow Keke people called me mugun but I am not a mugun. I love what I did. All thanks Jehovah. I have made her happy today. She was happy that I returned her N4m.”
Despite being mocked by some of his colleagues who believed he should have kept the money, Okoro insisted he did the right thing and stood firm in his values as a Jehovah’s Witness.
It would be recalled that in May 2025, Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, rewarded another keke rider, Emmanuel Obodoezie, with ₦1.4 million after he returned ₦2.4 million forgotten by a passenger in Aba.
