Hon. Toby Okechukwu, the deputy minority leader in house of reps and member representing Awgu/Oji River/Aninri federal constituency in Enugu state, yesterday rewarded a mother of five, Mrs Modesta Oforbuike for returning huge sum of money abandoned in her shop to the owner even when she was experiencing financial challenges.

UGAMATV gathered that Mrs Oforbuike, who owned a beer parlour in Nasarawa state had in November last year, discovered a huge sum of money forgotten in her shop by a customer.

She was said to have gone in search of the owner and after several weeks and returned the money intact, even when she needed money to settle her house rent and school fees of the children.

In January this year however, Modesta was chased out of her accommodation and her shop taken away from her by her failure to pay her rent.

She was forced to relocate to Onitsha, Anambra state to join the husband who is a petty trader and has since not been able to return to business or return her five children to school.

The law maker who heard her pathetic story through a report on Signature Television after it was revealed that she hails from Nnenwe in Aninri local government of Enugu state had set a search party for the mother of five.

Making a cash donation to the family to enable her return to business, pay her childrens’ school fees and others, Okechukwu commended her for not allowing her situation overwhelm her

“This is what it should be and the best way to say no to corruption. I got interested in her matter because even with her financial stress, she did not soil her hands by taking what did not belong to her. Some other person could have taken the money to settle her house rent or pay her childrens’ school fees but here she is, without her business any longer”, she said

Okechukwu said he was delighted that Modesta “became a true replica of Enugu West people when she returned the money even when it took her several months to trail the owner. I am glad and proud of her and I will urge her to keep up the good work. She has made Enugu state and Nigeria proud”.

Mrs Oforbuike who was flanked with her husband while receiving the financial support from the law maker, said she was grateful to God and thanked Okechukwu for remembering her family.