Azman Airline has distanced itself from Captain Jamil Abubakar.
The airline’s action follows a tweeted by Abubakar who tweeted: “T he punishment for Blasphemy is DEATH!”.
His tweet follows the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel, an undergraduate of Shehu Shagari College of Education by her Muslim counterparts for alleged blasphemy.
Samuel was beaten and stoned to death before she was set ablaze on Thursday, May 12, over a statement she made on her class WhatsApp group which her Muslim colleagues considered to be blasphemous to the Prophet.
Reacting to Samuel’s death, Jamil a son of the former Inspector General of Police Mohammed Abubakar, and son-in-law of Africa’s richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote, tweeted: “In Islam we respect the Injil, Taura, Zabur, we were never taught to disrespect any of the book, or any of the prophets From Adam to Muhammad SAW & the Quran.
“The punishment for Blasphemy is D£ATH! in most religions including Christianity.
Respect Peoples religion it’s simple!”
He added: “In Islam the Sharia court handles these cases. Islam put rules & regulations to control peoples action and motives, so the wrong ones are not cheated and justice is served the right way.”
He has now deleted the tweets after it caused outrage.
Following criticisms and calls for people not to fly Azman Airline, the airline has now come out to said that he is no longer their pilot and last worked with them in December 2019.
The Airline also said it will not take responsibility for the comment of a former staff.
In a statement via twitter, the airline wrote:
“PUBLIC NOTICE: Capt Jamil Abubakar is no longer a pilot @AzmanAir; his last flight with us was 22nd Dec 2019.
“We refuse to take responsibility for a comment or view of a former staff.
“The General Public should kindly take note.”
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