A Fragile Boy and An Air Force Officer

He was sickly as an infant.

Growing up, he was so fragile that his grandmother kept him away from any kind of domestic chore – even the ones performed by the females

But Murtala Osuolale Salami had a fecund mind which was how his curiosity about the letter “Z”-not in his native Yoruba language -made him choose the Nigerian Military School, Zaria as the secondary school to attend.

From a boy soldier, he rose, many years later, to a distinguished Air Force officer.

This book captures in felicitous English language his journey from infancy through his exploits in the military till his forced retirement, to life as a civilian. to his struggles for the development of his beloved home town, Erin-Ile, in Nigeria’s Kwara State, neighbourhood association politics and his love and care for his family, immediate and extended.

It is an autobiography with a refreshing difference.