President Buhari commends Nigerian man who returned a wallet loaded with cash in Japan
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended a Nigerian man based in Japan for presenting a good image of the country abroad. Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, conveyed the Nigerian leader’s good words and warm greetings to Ikenna Nweke in a tweet on Saturday, July 4.
According to the tweet, President Buhari is elated that Nweke returned a missing wallet and also turned down a reward from the Japanese authorities.
He considers them an epitome of the anti-corruption stand upon which his government campaigned and won two elections. The story of Nweke’s heroic deed was first publicized by the federal government through the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM).
NIDCOM praised the good virtue of Nweke, a Nigerian man presently based in Japan, who returned a lost wallet that contained a huge sum of money and a credit card. Abike Dabiri-Erewa in a statement on Sunday, June 28, said Ikenna’s character is the true representation of Nigerians all over the world.
The NIDCOM boss added that the good deeds of Nigerians are far more than the few negative ones tainting the image of the country.
Ikenna is an indigene of Amauzari in Isiala Mbano local government in Imo state.
He relocated to Japan in 2013 with the help of a Japanese government-sponsored scholarship programme.
President @MBuhari sends warm greetings and commendation to a Nigerian doctorate student in University of Tsukuba, Japan, Mr Ikenna Nweke, who returned a missing wallet with huge sums of money to the police, and also turned down offer of a percentage by the authorities.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 4, 2020