A Nigerian tissue seller is being praised in
Spain as a good Samaritan after he returned
16 thousand Euros he found in a briefcase that
fell from a car.
35 year old Peter Angelina, who makes a
living selling tissue paper at a traffic light
junction at the corner of Calle Juan Diaz de
Solis and Ruben Dario in Seville, Spain,
was selling his wares on Dec. 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 telephone.
More money than the man who left Lagos
Nigeria for London, then Spain over 10
years had ever seen in his 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
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