By Adesina Soyooye
A Nigerian Carrier, Azman Air, has denied Captain Jamil, an Airline Pilot, and son of a former Inspector General of Police, MD Mohammed, as its Pilot.
Jamil, an accomplished Commercial Airline Pilot is married to the last child of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote.
He sparked controversy in the wake of the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a 22-year old student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto.
Deborah was stoned to death and her body set ablaze, on May 12, 2022, by her school mates for, allegedly, committing blasphemy when she, allegedly, spoke in an unflattering manner about Holy Prophet Mohammed in a Class Whatsaap Platform.
Her murder sparked outrage and strong condemnation nationwide except from among Muslim fundamentalists many of whom took to Sokoto Streets in a violent protest, demanding the release of two persons already arrested by the Police in connection with the sickening murder.
But reacting to the murder in a tweet, Captain Jamil Abubakar was in support when he tweeted that in Islam, the punishment for blasphemy is death.
Jamil: “In Islam, we respect the Injil, Tara, Zabur. We were never taught to disrespect any of the books, or any of the Prophets from Adam to Muhammad SAW & the Quran.
“The punishment for blasphemy is DEATH!, in most religions, including Christianity. Respect people’s religion. It’s simple.
“In Islam, the Shariah Court handles these cases. Islam put rules and regulations to control people’s action and motives, so the wrong ones are not cheated and justice is served the right way.”
Jamil’s tweet attracted immediate outrage from many who said they would never fly Azman Airline again, dubbing Jamil a fundamentalist who could crash an aircraft because of Religion.
But in a swift reaction, Azman said Jamil had left their employ since 2019, and that it would not take responsibility for the actions or comments of an ex-staff.
In a tweet the Airline said: “PUBLIC NOTICE: Captain Jamil Abubakar is no longer a Pilot @AzmanAir. His last flight with us was 22nd December 2019.
“We refuse to take responsibility for a comment or view of a former Staff.
“The general public should kindly take note.”
Not a few people say that given the status of his father, his father-in-law, and his profession as an Airline Pilot, Captain Jamil was reckless in his comments.
He has taken down the tweet.
