My neighbour had a business deal wt one guy he said was hs friend,the guy lend hm some money to make up his own capital to travel to china for importation of goods. All went well and d goods are in d  Nigeria port and the next thing my neighbour heard was that d guy that lend hm d money jus had a car crash and he died at the spot.
My neigbbour is a good guy and we confide in eachother so well,infact we are friends and i knw much about hm.
His worries is hw to return d money to d guy family and avoid bn a suspect to them coz they guy told hm that hs family wasn't away of d money he gave to hm.
Secondly,his wife is advicing hm to keep everytin secret since no one knew abt d deal that they guys family wl lebel hm as having a hand in d death of their son or may nt believe he gave them d whole amount whch may leads to police case.
His wife suggestion was what he decided to go wt bt hs conscience has bn disturbing hm for long nw according to wat he told me.
He wants to knw d right step to take wtout getin himself in trouble and he really wnts to return d money whch is .1.3 million naira.

Wow --- o ga!

If the guys family are rich,just gave that money to d church since your conscience is not at rest.
Bt i wl not return d money if i were in hs shoes.

The guy should return the money, he can't give the money to a church or charity because the money is not his to spend. If that deceased guy has a wife or kid, he hould give the money to them. better still, if he is afraid to show face, he can put a small note in the money and sneak it in, @poster, you are his friend abi? you can deliver the parcel to the deceased guy's family.

ronkebp:

The guy should return the money, he can't give the money to a church or charity because the money is not his to spend. If that deceased guy has a wife or kid, he hould give the money to them. better still, if he is afraid to show face, he can put a small note in the money and sneak it in, @poster, you are his friend abi? you can deliver the parcel to the deceased guy's family.

this is a good advice and i think i wl suggest ths to hm bt i may nt go myself.

Siena:

I would give the money back. It was good of his friend to lend him the money, and it would be wrong to withold the funds, irrespective of whether the family are rich, or poor.

you are right coz it is morally wrong to withold d fund.

jerk:

If the guys family are rich,just gave that money to d church since your conscience is not at rest.
Bt i wl not return d money if i were in hs shoes.

the late guy family are rich bt giving it to d church might nt b d right thing.

legally, ur freind don hammer, if they bought the property together then it will go to him, but i will advise that he does a proper accounting, take his late partner's share, get a lawyer to write to the family showing the account details plus a check to cover his partner's share, and he should be a little generous when giving his partner's share.

ps. let it be done after he has sold the goods, but for now he must show support to the widow(if any).

ibkn:

legally, your freind don hammer, if they bought the property together then it will go to him, but i will advise that he does a proper accounting, take his late partner's share, get a lawyer to write to the family showing the account details plus a check to cover his partner's share, and he should be a little generous when giving his partner's share.

ps. let it be done after he has sold the goods, but for now he must show support to the widow(if any).

this is another good idea bt hw do u mean by showing support to the widow coz d guy was stil single b4 hs death.

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He should return the money. It was a loan.
He should get a Lawyer to advice him on how to approach the next of kin.

well @ poster tell your neighbour to call me, 08053779782, ans since he has no widow, well then he should show support to the friend's mother and family.

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He should take some evidence of the transaction eg bank stmts or any evidence at all and go to the late freinds family with his/a religious leader/pastor.

Please give the money back. In fact add some more if you have it. Do not hold back the money or give it to anybody else. Let them say what they want to say. Make sure your conscience is clear

What are you waiting return the money to the family, nobody would arrest your friend for borrowing money

Your friends wife is a thief, return the money and add interest on top print the evidence that he only gave you 1.3m

He should return the loan. There is nothing to be afraid of here, after all they have no knowledge of the loan so they will most likely appreciate his honesty than suspect him of any wrong doing. And if any should suspect him of any foul play, for as long as his conscience is clear, he should leave the person to God.

chidyke77:

this is another good idea bt hw do u mean by showing support to the widow coz d guy was stil single b4 hs death.

If you are saying the friend was single and didn't have a wife, then the money should go to his family.  I can only assume that the way you wrote it has confused people into thinking he has a wife.

Thank you all for the replies and i also concur wt them.
I was wt him yestaday suggesting some of the thing u guys posted and he was satisfied wt them bt hs main worries nw is hs wife. He said that he warned hs wife nt to discus d matter wt anyone even her relations bt his wife neglected hm and hs bn receiving calls frm hs inlaws each and evryone advicing hm neva to return d money that it wl get hm into problem.
He said that hs deceased friend gave hm d money after hs discusion wt hm on d phone concerning the business and d payment was made into hs account number in excess of 100k coz he requested 1.2m and hs friend did tel hm wen to pay bak. He said that d guy was into drug biz and their friendship started wen d met in europe couple of years bak and he (my neighbour) was d one dat haboured hm wen he had a police case and also provided d logistic that made hm to excape d penalty coz he(my neighbour) cn speak German well. 
He said that he introduced hs wife to d deceased wen he visited them and later told her hs relationship wt hm(the deceased).
He's bn preasurise to withhold d money by hs wife and in laws,their reasons was that d guy didnt requested for refund and that the money was a gift for good old days. Secondly, he might get hmself into trouble wt d deceased family.

Good luck to your friend. It seems that his wife and her family are not very honest people. What was he doing harboring a criminal in the first place. As a matter of fact it seems he and his wife might be a perfect match. You be careful yourself. Evil communication corrupts good manners

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@OP,If the money was a gift,for "dash" your friend should put the money in an envelope go to the late guys wife and present him the envelop and tell her its a gift to her in support of the guy's funeral rites.

If on the other hand its a loan,with bank statements/money transfer receipts,the guy should go with a lawyer to the late guys family( ie wife,a sibling and if possible parents) and tell them he came to repay his debt.

btw,which kind of problem wud he possibly run into?the guy died via a car accident so what gives really?Your friends wife is cruel and has no conscience.

well, ur friend's dilenma is quite simple, either he does the morally right thing and return the money or he does what his wife(remeber na she dey with am) wants. since your friend chooses to consider it a loan he should return it through a lawyer and with the late guy's share to the man's father.
as for the wife, well make he watch his back small ooh at least she don tell am say na money she like, so if your guy die, will she do the morally right thing?
however please note that in a partnership the surviving partner gets the loot.

@ poster - I don't understand why the man's family would think your friend was responsible for his death.  Just because of a loan? Is that your friend a loan shark or does he have a bad reputation?

Your friend has no dilemma. He can do the right thing and repay the loan to the man's family, or be a crook according to the request of his wife and whoever she talked to about it.

Who does not owe death
Jejely upload the money into his widow's account as a condolence gift from your family to her.
Your business will progress oh

This is really a test of integrity and temptation. The Devil will surely enjoy holding this over your head unless that money is paid back.

Remember some people do spiritual jobs on their money to make sure that if you do not return it your life becomes scattered.
If the friend follows his wife greed, it might be his funeral that you will be soon attending.
Don't keep someone's money because you tell yourself that the family is rich, things are not always the way they seem.