Buhari’s Anti –Corruption War Yielding Positive Results as Airport Security Men Return Handbag Filled with Valuables
Zainab Tanimu
Kaduna, North-West, NIGERIA
Two Security men at the Murtala Muhammed Airport have been commended for their humanitarian and ethical conduct for returning a handbag filled with valuables forgotten at the Murtala Muhammed Airport by an American returnee.
In a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by Special Adviser to the President on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to emulate the two security men for their conduct saying such conduct reflects the new Nigeria that we desire.
He said with that attitude, “Nigeria will no longer be a byword for corruption and plundering of public resources. That is the path we have chosen to take, and our country will eventually get to a new shore,” President Buhari affirmAccording to the statement a Lagos-based medical doctor, Banji Oyegbami, had met a family returning from America at the airport on August 18, 2018 who in the process of loading their luggage into the car of their host, the handbag of the returnee’s wife fell, unknown to anyone.
The statement added: “It was not till 90 minutes later that an officer of Halogen Securities, on duty at the airport, called the couple, to come for the retrieved bag.
“When the bag was eventually collected, the contents, including a handsome amount of American dollars, phone, wristwatch, and other valuables were intact. The grateful couple offered a generous gift, but Messrs Francis Emepueaku and Achi Daniel, declined, saying they were merely doing their duties.”
“The security men could have chosen to behave differently, following the self-serving principle of ‘if you can’t beat them, join them.’ But they have chosen to be examples of good, honest Nigerians. I commend their conduct to the rest of the country.”
The statementfurther said President Buhari believes that despite the scoffing of a minority number, Nigeria is resolutely on the road to a new dawn.
It quoted him as saying: “Honesty remains the best policy. We must exhibit such behaviour in whatever position we find ourselves, whether high or low.”
