An Enugu based housewife, Mrs Josephine Nchetaka Chukwujama Eze, has caused gotten the attention of many Nigerians on social media after she returned approximately fourteen million (14 000 000.00)w naira paid into her account.

While she is being praised for her honesty, the mother of three has been declared a heroine by her husband, Mr. Chukwujama Eze, a journalist-turned lawyer.

In a piece made available to IgbereTV, Eze captured what happened and showered praises on his wife. He wrote:

“My dear friends, sometimes in life, little things matter as much, if not more, as big things. And, if we don’t appreciate innocuous gestures that are considered little, even big ones will pass us unnoticed."

“Today is not my wife’s birthday. No, her birthday coincides with the anniversary of the end of the Nigeria Civil War on January 12 of every year. But she’s done a little thing that has impacted my life and given me good cause, as usual, to toast her in public. Don’t get jealous. Tell me, which husband of a credible and God-fearing wife will not celebrate her strong character even from a roof top?

Sincerely, I admire her daily in the privacy of my heart and comfort of our home, but this time, I’m minded to share my feelings with my family and friends. Where is the fire of this smoke? Please, I’ll return to my heroine anon. But let me first set the background."

“Nigeria is not only politically, but economically and morally bankrupt. This is why rogue governance, bribery, corruption, internet fraud and sundry crimes are today the new normal in our beleaguered fatherland. This appalling level of national decadence is easily blamed on poverty, unemployment and general economic hardship.

But truth is,  welive in denial and do not accept responsibility for our individual contributions to the national malaise. Crime and corruption are actually propelled by personal greed, and shall forever remain reprehensible and, therefore, punishable."

“Why is it that Nigerians who are not criminally minded do not succumb to crimes, no matter the circumstances and temptation?"

“Under Nigeria’s present prevalence of fraud, both off and online, there are still honest country men and women. And, fortunately, they abound in their intimidating numbers across tribes, religion and geography. Now, back to the story of my heroine!"

“In my emotional reckoning, my wife has creditably discharged and acquitted herself not only as a worthy companion of high credibility, but an honest Nigerian worthy of emulation. Why? This mother of my three children received a credit alert of almost N14 million from an unknown source and exhibited what will make me eternally proud of her integrity.

What happened? 
At exactly 4.50pm on Monday August 3, 2020, my own jewel of inestimable value was in her friend’s hair salon where a substantial percentage of my wealth stream regularly flows. Suddenly, her mobile phone beeped an alert."

“At first”, she later recalled, “I didn’t check my phone as I  dismissedit as one of those unsolicited messages with which network providers inundate hapless Nigerian subscribers.”

"After some time, she casually scrolled through her phone and what she saw was eye-popping. Behold, it was an online transfer of, wait a minute, N13,946,400 from Sankiya Global Investment Ltd."

“What? Sankiya who? Nearly N14 million! For what purpose? She couldn’t believe her eyes. ‘I’ll call my husband immediately,’ she told herself. And she promptly did. Of course, my wife was not surprised that her husband’s answer accorded with her already waiting thoughts. After all, birds of the same feather flock together."

“You don’t know Sankiya, and you have no transaction with the company,’ her husband reasoned with her over the phone. ‘So, we’ll return the strange money to your bank tomorrow.’ Her reply? ‘We would have done so today if it were within banking hours.’ A consensus ad idem (meeting of minds) between husband and wife was complete. And so it came to pass that in the morning of the following day, off we set out to the Zik Avenue."

 

I did something in Zimbabwe and I am wondering who will

be stupid enough to do such in Nigeria.

We hired a car (Hyundai Elantra 2018) from Europcar for six (6) months. On my departure day, I drove it to the airport, but the car hire office was closed. My flight was just two (2), hours so no chance of taking it back to town.

While thinking of what to do, a young man (Jack) who identified himself as a staff of Caresafe taxi service at the airport told me that Europcar have closed the office due to Lockdown. He offered to help me in returning the car to Europcar office in the city. All he needed was call credit to contact them.

 

I gave him equivalent of 300NGN for the call credit. I then parked the car, gave him the key, took a picture of his ID and returned to Nigeria.

By close of the day, I recieved a mail from Europcar that the car has been returned.

 

Though, I didn't know the Jack and there was no way of tracing him except by his work ID which was not verified, my mind was at rest that he will hand over the car to the car hire. I trusted him because he's a Zimbabwean. He may be extremely poor and hungry, I know he's contented. Despite the poor economy, people still leave their wares outside on the table till the next day without fear. 

WHO DARE TRY THIS IN NIGERIA?

 

This is not about the government or politics, but the people. These people respect the law. For my six(6) months stay, i heard no single report of crime in the city. The police are unarmed except for stick but are highly respected.

Jack may not even be a christian. I didn't bother to ask for his religion. I didn't trust him because he mentioned the name of a God, he wore collar or carry a holy book . I trusted him because I knew the practice of his people. If he's my country man, i dare not try that. I wonder how we descended this low as a country.

 

I have been suspected and severally interrogated just because I carried Nigeria passport. This has happened in unrelated places, not because of what I have done but because of where I come from.

Anofficer in Lahore was once suprised he couldn't find drugs on me (a Nigerian) even after rigorous scanning.  Once you identify as a Nigerian, people see you as a potential criminal.

 

It is time to repair our identity.

We need to work on our value system.

We need to retrace our steps to find where we missed it.

Maybe we can be right again.