Liberian teen becomes hero for finding and returning $50,000

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A teen successful Liberia who has go a nationalist leader aft uncovering $50,000 and returning it to its rightful proprietor said helium would conscionable with the country's president adjacent week.

Emmanuel Tuloe told The Associated Press that helium had been invited to conscionable President George Weah connected Monday, and helium volition speech to him astir returning to school.

“I volition inquire him to promote different young radical to permission motorcycling and spell to schoolhouse due to the fact that there’s thing successful it ( the motorcycle taxi business),” Tuloe said successful his interrogation with the quality outlet.

Tuloe's begetter confirmed to the AP that his lad volition get to conscionable the country's president, saying they had extended an invitation retired to him.

The 18-year-old says helium had to driblet retired of schoolhouse successful the seventh people to statesman a taxi work with his motorcycle to marque wealth to assistance his family.

He told the AP that helium was driving his motorcycle taxi connected Tuesday erstwhile helium spotted the wealth wrapped successful a integrative bag.

“I was acrophobic due to the fact that it was plentifulness (of money), and truthful I brought it location and gave it to my aunty to support until the proprietor could inquire for it," helium told the AP.

The quality outlet reported that the businesswoman who mislaid the money, Musu Yancy, went connected the vigor to plead for the wealth to beryllium returned, which Tuloe did.

The Liberian Anti-Corruption Commission commended Tuloe for returning the wealth to the businesswoman who mislaid it.