Air Force officer who found and returned 37,000 Euros to owner celebrated

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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 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 occured at the ‘Hajj Camp Market’ in Kano on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.

The statement said ACM Bashir, 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.

Umar discovered the money and handed it over to the owner Credit: Nigerian Air Force Source: Facebook “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.

 

Source: legit.ng


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Kennedy Mornah is an Award Winning Ghanaian Journalist with over two decades of experience in the Ghanaian Media landscape spanning the electronic, print and digital media. He is a Media Consultant, a Corporate MC, Radio and TV Host, Founder and Publisher of the Maritime and Transport Digest Newspaper, Businessman, a Go getter and an optimist. He has worked for renowned media organizations including Diamond Fm in Tamale, Luv Fm in Kumasi, Oman Fm in Accra and Starr Fm in Accra In 2017 he received the Reporter of the Year Award at the Ghana Shippers Awards in Accra, Ghana.

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