An official of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Bashir Umar, has returned to the owner the sum of €37,000 found in a parcel at the Hajj Camp Market in Kano State.
The NAF, in a statement on Sunday, said Mr Umar, a member of the NAF Mobile Air Defence Team deployed for airport security duties, duties, found the parcel on Tuesday during routine patrol with some of his colleagues.
The statement said Umar called a phone number written on the parcel and returned the money to the owner identified as Alhaji Ahmad.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, had directed the NAF Chief of Administration to come up with modalities to reward the airman.
“The air force is set to reward one of its personnel, Aircraftman Bashir Umar, who found and returned the sum of €37,000 to Alhaji Ahmad, the owner of the lost money.
“The incident occurred at the Hajj Camp Market in Kano on Tuesday, when Bashir, while on a routine patrol with some of his colleagues, found the money in a parcel. Fortunately, there was a phone number on the parcel, which the airman called, and he eventually handed over the package to the owner.
“Consequently, the Chief of Air Staff has directed the Chief of Administration at the NAF Headquarters, Air Marshal Kingsley Lar, to immediately come up with modalities to reward the airman so as to encourage other personnel of the service to continue with attitudes that reflect the air force’s core values of integrity, excellence and service delivery,” the statement said.
