AVM Adamu Fura whom Dan-Barde chose to call unforgivable names is a man of repute, respect and integrity whose contributions shall never be forgotten on the lives of people in this state of ours and Nigeria at large.
The military is a proffesion with special, prolonged and rigorous training. Adamu Fura was a product of this this great institution who passed out through Nigerian Defense Academy as a flight lieutenant who rose through the ranks (after he must have been certified and satisfied) to the post of Air Vice Marshall (AVM) where he retired.
AVM (Rtd) Adamu Fura has undergone a lot of trainings and courses during his career both within and outside the country. He has also bagged a lot of awards and honors during the period of his service, he is a man with a lot of achievements to his credit. The entire Nigerian Armed Forces will forever be proud of Adamu Fura.
For records and history, the Nigerian Air Force which was founded on 18th April, 1964 has “WILLING…, ABLE,… READY…” as its motto. The NAF was never known to condone favoritism, godfatherism or any form of corruption in its entirety, ever its inception.
But Dan-Barde chose to taint the image of the entire Nigerian Air Force and by extension the entire Nigerian Armed Forces by calling one of her sons a corrupt officer who was favored by the institution and never undergo any training. Dan-Barde further claimed that a AVM cannot operate a rifle if given one.
He further claimed that one of their gallant officers (AVM Adamu Fura) bribed his ways through the ranks. All efforts to make Dan-Barde withdraw these sacrilegious statement fell on deaf ears, neither did he come out to the open and apologize.
The entire Air Force and Armed Forces of the country had been abused by Dan-Barde. If this act of his is allowed to go unchallenged and unpunished, then the country will be under threat in the nearest future as everyone will come out and challenge our gallant Armed Forces. We won’t fold our arms and allow this to happen.
Since Dan-Barde can’t do the needful (and he has not in anywhere or anyway denied the leaked audio), we shall continue to use the might of the pen which they say is greater than the sword until something happens.
Further to this, we expect Dan-Barde to publicly apologize for what he did. Failure to do so, we may be left with no other option than to petition and protest his cowardly act following proper channels, procedures and authorities.
It is on this note that I wish to call on the Nigerian Air Force to:
- The investigate the allegations levied against one of their sons AVM (Rtd) Adamu Fura.
- Their process of recruitment, training and promotions has been faulted by Dan-Barde, to gain the confidence of the general public, this should also be strongly investigated.
Adamu Fura is a well known philanthropist and business man who had impacted positively on the lives and well-being of the people of Gombe State and beyond. He has always made the Nigerian Air Force proud. This dastardly uncivilized act of hooliganism as displayed by Dan-Barde should not go unscathed and unpunished to tackle further occurrence.
We expect the Nigerian Air Force and the entire good people of Nigeria to do the needful.
DAN-BARDE MUST BE PUNISHED.
Dr. Bashir Abdullahi Kumo.
