His name does not ring a bell and he is not the type that seeks public attention.But Yusuf Umar,38,and chief receptionist with Jigawa hotels,is now a celebrity because of what he did in June this year.On June 27,2014,Umar,while working in the Jigawa three-star hotel,saw something he had never seen in his life.He was working around the hotel garden around 1am when he came across an Ipad pouch that a guest,who lodged in the hotel had forgot as he was leaving.Out of curiosity,the Dutse born hotelier picked the small bag and opened it.What he saw inside shocked him and he quickly went away with the bag to his duty post.He did not tell anyone but his manager.Inside the bag was neatly packed $100,000 notes that would have made the man an instant millonaire in Nigeria.The money translates to 17 million naira,but it was not long before the man who forgot the money discovered that he had misplaced the momey and the Ipad bag.He rang the hotel fearing that his worst moment has come.What would he do if the money was not found and who was he going to report to since there was no evidence that he even came to the hotel with such amount of money?
However the woman who booked the hotel for the man rang the hotel herself and reported the loss of the money to the Head of Receptionist,who happen to be Umar.
"Hajia,the bag is with me",Umar answered when the woman called.In a jifty the woman landed in the hotel and was handed the bag containing the money by Umar.She almost fainted after counting the money and realizing that it was complete.
She disappeared in ecstacy and returned in a short while with two envelopes containing some money for Umar.