Nigerian pilgrim narrates how she found $80,000 in Makkah

<p>The pilgrim from Zamfara State returned the money to the authorities for onward return to the rightful owner.</p>, <span>Aishatu y’an Guru Nahuce</span>, <h2>A Nigerian pilgrim to the recently concluded 2023 pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, Hajiya Aisha Muhammad Nahuche, has recalled how she came across a bag full of foreign currency while performing Hajj rights.</h2>, <p>Nahuche's name went viral recently when she was reported to have found and returned $80,000 in Makkah.</p>, <p>Pulse reported that the pilgrim returned the lost money to Zamfara State Pilgrims Welfare Agency officials for onward return to the rightful owner.</p>, <p>In an interview she granted Daily Trust after returning to Nigeria, Nahuche, who hails from a community with the same name in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara, recounted her journey to the Holy Land and stated why she decided to return the money.</p>, <h2>How the money was found</h2>, <p>Hajiya Aisha said this year marked her first participation in the holy pilgrimage in her life, adding that she was sponsored on the trip by her four sons.</p>, <p>“My sons, Bashir, Nazir, Muhammad and Ahmad sponsored my Hajj trip. I raised them because they lost their father when they were kids. None of them has ever gone to Saudi Arabia for Hajj, but they decided to pay for me. I am grateful to them,” Daily Trust reports.</p>, <p>On how she came across the money, Nahuche said “I was doing Tawaff when I stumbled on a bag. I tried to pick it but I feared that I could be trampled upon due to the huge crowd. I kicked the bag to a distance and one Arab man noticed and thought it was mine. He quickly grabbed it and handed it to me."</p>, <img src="https://cdn-fmcrawler.shalltry.com/public/prod/files/images/2023-07-24/original/ac529256-2863-48d5-a15e-e817bcad2e0d.jpg">, <span>Hajiya Aisha in front of her house. Daily Trust</span>, <p>“So I kept it and after the Tawaff ritual, I checked and found out that there was money in it. One woman from Gada also opened the bag and found out that it contained mo