He foils a robbery and the supermarket hires him. The inspiring story of Osahon, a 27-year-old Nigerian refugee (video)

Before confronting the knife-wielding criminal who was about to commit yet another robbery at a Turin store, this young refugee was begging. After his act, the manager decided to give him a chance, going against the grain of many who accused her of pretending to be a do-gooder.

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FOILS A ROBBERY AND BECOME A CLERK

REFUGEE HERO TURIN

Osahon was begging outside the supermarket Like every day, when suddenly he saw a hooded man with a knife approaching the cashier. In those few moments, he didn't hesitate and managed to scare off the intruder who was about to commit yet another robbery at Prestofresco in Mercadante, Turin. An act of heroism that didn't go unnoticed, so much so that today Osahon Ewansiha, a 27 year old boy originally from Nigeria, he works in a supermarket.

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FOILS A ROBBERY AND BECOME A CLERK

After foiling the robbery, in fact, the company's attorney, Sunday Lauro, has decided to offer a chance to Osahon Ewansiha, who a few days ago started working in the supermarket on Via Clementi, a stone's throw from where he used to beg. All this was possible thanks to a apprenticeship contract three years old, as the boy declared to Carlotta Rocci, in an interview on Republic, will allow him to start over: “My future begins here”And to think that that gesture of heroism for Osahon was natural because "when I saw the cashier in danger I thought of my family "I was in Nigeria and I decided to intervene." This decision was far from risk-free, because when the thief heard the young Nigerian man behind him, he repeatedly tried to stab him with the knife until he gave up and ran away. His escape, however, was short-lived: the criminal, a 28-year-old Italian, decided to turn himself in when he realized he was being hunted by law enforcement. 

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In the interview with Republic Osahon declared: "I give alms because even though I have nothing, I don't want to become a thief." A simple phrase that is emblematic of his nature. Genuineness The director must have also understood this, and against all odds, she decided to hire him. "I've received some emails accusing me of false do-goodism," Domenica Lauro told Carlotta Rocci, "but I don't want to give it any weight. I have 70 employees, and they're all Italian. This racial hatred gets us nowhere." Despite the difficulties, the director went straight ahead and, before hiring the young man, invited him to renew his contract. residence permit and then to sign up for the employment center, so that his documents could be certified. Once the paperwork was completed, Osahon began working and for now will have a not too demanding 25-hour contract. In his free time he has made a commitment to learn the language well.Italian to be useful to customers and not just in the warehouse. In short, a all-round commitment into which this Nigerian boy has decided to dive with all his might, with the hope of giving shape to the future he imagines for our country.

The cover photo is taken from thearticle of the Republic, Turin: First day as a clerk for the "hero refugee" who foiled a supermarket robbery.

 

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