. Eyewitnesses said the America-based woman, simply identified as Nkechinyere, alerted a load carrier to help her carry her luggage to one of the interstate buses at the Maza-Maza Motor Park
A woman who just landed in Nigeria from the United States of America to celebrate the Christmas in her village in Anambra State, wept uncontrollably at the Maza-Maza area of Lagos State on Tuesday after a luggage carrier (porter) disappeared with her items, including $8,000 dollars (N1.4 million).
Eyewitnesses said the America-based woman, simply identified as Nkechinyere, alerted a load carrier to help her carry her luggage to one of the interstate buses at the Maza-Maza Motor Park.
The woman only looked away briefly and before she knew it, the load carrier had disappeared with her luggage containing $8,000, her passport and other important documents.
One of the eyewitnesses said the woman boarded a cab from FESTAC Town to Maza-Maza, where she wanted to board an interstate bus to Anambra State.
He said all efforts to trace the load carrier were abortive.
The woman was said to have arrived Maza-Maza around 6am on Tuesday from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, to board a bus to the eastern part of the country before the unfortunate incident happened.
The eyewitness said: “As soon as the load carriers sighted the woman, about five of them converged on her.
“Everyone expected them to offload the luggage and put them in the bus heading to Anambra State.
“One of them walked away with the woman’s luggage.”
Nkechinyere was said to have broken down and wept after she realized she would never see her luggage, money and international passport again.
Nkechinyere reportedly screamed and asked no one in particular: “This man has killed me!
“All my traveling documents and $8,000 were in that bag.
“Where do I start now?
“Who will assist me?
“The other load carriers said they have never seen the man before.
“How do I go back to Los Angeles (USA)?
“I never knew Nigeria is still as bad as this!”
The chairman of the park, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said: “This is festive season.
“We have warned all our passengers to be wary of the load carriers.
“Before Christmas, we tried to identify load carriers in every motor park in Maza-Maza to avoid what we are witnessing today.
“Our concern is how the woman will go back to her base in US.”
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