Nigerian Man In Spain Returns €16,000 (Euros) He Found In Briefcase

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A Nigerian man who sells tissue paper in Spain has been labelled a good Samaritan after he returned a briefcase containing 16 thousand Euros which fell from a car.

Peter Angelina, 35, does his tissue business at a traffic junction at the corner of Calle Juan Diaz de Solis and Ruben Dario in Seville in Spain.

As usual, he was plying his trade on December 3rd when he noticed a small briefcase left on the roof of a car.

The briefcase fell to the ground when the driver of the car pulled away. Peter picked up the briefcase and ran after the vehicle, trying to flag the driver down to return the case to him but couldn't get the attention of the driver. He then took the briefcase to a police station near the junction.

When police opened the briefcase, they found €3,150 in cash and six cheques with a combined value of €13,000 as well as some documents and a mobile phone. More money than Peter had ever seen in  his entire life.

According to Euronews, Spanish Police tracked down the owner of the briefcase, a 42-year-old businessman from Seville, and returned his belongings. The man later found Peter and rewarded him with €100.

"People say I could have kept the money and then thrown the briefcase away but I am not like that, and God wouldn't have liked that. I am not crazy, I am a good man." Peter later told local media

Turns out Peter Angelina is a doctor, but cannot practice medicine in Spain because his diploma from Lagos University is be recognized there. He started studying medicine in Seville five years ago and sells tissues to afford his studies. He also gets a little financial help from his father who reportedly works in the police force in Nigeria.

Culled from LIB.