LifestyleNewsNigeriaNigerians hail mechanic for returning N10.8m a client mistakenly transferred to his account

Praises have continued to pour in for a mechanic simply identified as Timothy for returning the sum of N10.8 million which was mistakenly sent to him by his client, identified as Itoba.

Itoba, a contractor, made this known in a now-viral video.

He said he credited Timothy’s account with the money, which was meant for a project, in error but the mechanic returned it.

Sharing the video on Twitter, Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw said a word of prayer for Timothy for his honest gesture.

God bless Mr Timothy, who returned N10.8M naira that was mistakenly transferred to him.
You will not lack favour, peace, and long life. pic.twitter.com/iOTPz0I7iJ

— Kate Amaka Henshaw (@HenshawKate) March 20, 2023

The video has attracted so many reactions on the micro-blogging platform. Read some below.

In a country like Nigeria with high crime rates, high rates of unemployment and serious hardship with many struggling day to day, it is a very commendable thing that this man has done. God bless him & prosper the works of his hands. Hoping he would be compensated accordingly 💭

— ✨👑 DaddyMO👑✨🏁 (@therealdaddymo1) March 20, 2023

God bless him
Una way get car make una patronize him biko

— Raphael Arubi (@arubi_raphael) March 20, 2023

You can feel the satisfaction within him. Like yeah, I proved y’all wrong that we still have good people 😇😊

— Oghenerie (@Oghenerie_jnr) March 20, 2023

In a country like Nigeria with high crime rates, high rates of unemployment and serious hardship with many struggling day to day, it is a very commendable thing that this man has done. God bless him & prosper the works of his hands. Hoping he would be compensated accordingly 💭

— ✨👑 DaddyMO👑✨🏁 (@therealdaddymo1) March 20, 2023

If am a wealthy man and I see this kind of post on timeline, I will locate him and give him another 10.8 million back I swear, he is a great guy 👏🙌❤️💡

— Lagos Mainland Boy 🇳🇬 (@Walexzeal1) March 20, 2023

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