- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is set to honour Aircraftman (ACM) Bashir Umar for returning lost 37,000 Euros (KSh 4.2 million) to its owner in Kano
- NAF says the officer was on routine security patrol with his colleagues when he discovered the lost money
- Umar, according to NAF, will be honoured to serve as example to his other colleagues concerning with the security agency stands for
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced preparations to honour one of its personnel, Aircraftman (ACM) Bashir Umar, who found and returned the sum of 37,000 Euros (KSh 4.2 million) to its owner in Kano.
Umar reportedly returned the foreign cash to Alhaji Ahmad, who was said to have lost the money.
A statement from Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the spokesperson of NAF, the incident occurred at the ‘Hajj Camp Market’ in Kano on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
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The statement said ACM Umar, who is a member of the NAF Mobile Air Defence Team (MADT) deployed for airport security duties, found the money in a parcel while on routine patrol with some of his colleagues.
“Fortunately, there was a phone number on the parcel which the Airman called, and eventually handed over the package to the owner.“Consequently, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has directed the Chief of Administration at the headquarters NAF, Air Vice Marshal Kingsley Lar, to immediately come up with modalities to reward the Airman so as to encourage other personnel of the service to continue to embody attitudes and behaviours that reflect NAF’s core values of integrity, excellence and service delivery,” the statement said.READ ALSO: Billionaire flies family to Italy for one hour to buy ice cream
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The young boy has high knowledge of military machinery especially aircraft like fighter jets and helicopters.
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