The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, said it will honour one of its personnel, Aircraft man, ACM, Bashir Umar, who found and returned the sum of 37,000 Euros to its owner in Kano.
According to a statement by NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the incident occurred at the ‘Hajj Camp Market’ in Kano on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
Umar reportedly returned the cash to Alhaji Ahmad, who was said to have lost the money.
The statement said ACM Umar, 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.
It explained further, “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.”
