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Published 11 May 2021
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Monday confirmed “a foolish attempt” to burgle the residence of the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He claimed that the incident that happened around 3am was not successful.
The presidential aide wrote, “The Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has confirmed that there ‘was a foolish attempt’ to burgle his residence at 3am this morning, but it turned out to be unsuccessful.
“Prof Gambari, whose house is on a street next to the Villa, has assured that there is nothing to worry about from the incident.”
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is alarmed by the invasion of the Presidential Villa by robbers who burgled the residences of the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari and the Admin Officer, Abdulahi Maikano, in the wee hours of Monday.
The party maintained that the incident is a confirmation that there is a collapse of the security command structure under President Muhammad Buhari’s “incompetent watch.”
These are contained in a statement issued by Tuesday by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the main opposition party.
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Personal Assistant on New Media to Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, had described the story as fake news while Garba Shehu described it as a foolish attempt at burglary.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 11, 2021
Nigerians have taken to social media to express concerns following the news of an attempted burglary at the residence of Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Personal Assistant on New Media to Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, had described the story as fake news while Garba Shehu described it as a foolish attempt at burglary.
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Published 12 May 2021
Recently, there has been a surge in kidnapping, maiming and killing of harmless and helpless civilians by armed groups labelled as bandits, hoodlums, insurgents, kidnappers, unknown gunmen, and what have you. The reality is that these ruthless and unremorseful savages have plunged Nigeria into a latent war. Many people have yet to admit this, including the critical state actors you expect to respond urgently to the tragedy. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, a few days ago, made an attempt to reduce the calamity to a legal discourse. He was reported to have said that banditry and kidnapping are not federal offences; that is, the state government should be concerned about bringing these felons and heinous criminals destroying our country to justice. This is so annoying as it demonstrates his dismissiveness of the spate of fear that has enveloped millions of Nigerians due to protracted violence across the land.
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and Nigeria’s security chiefs on Tuesday met at the State House, Abuja.
The meeting came over 24 hours after armed robbers attempted to attack the residence of the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, on Monday.
The Presidency announced the meeting via its
Twitter handle but did not give details of its agenda.
However, the meeting is expected to review the current security situation in the country.
Before the meeting, there had been previous security meetings on Friday, April 30, and Monday, May 4.
The meeting, which started at 10 am, held at the Conference Hall of the Office of the First Lady.