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General News of Sunday, 14 June 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Presidency breaks silence on gunshots at presidential villa

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)

The Presidency has broken silence concerning the gunshots heard at the Presidential Villa.

The shots were fired during a rift between aides of the First Lady Aisha Buhari and Sabiu Yusuf, the nephew of her husband the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

This was after the aides tried to prevent Yusuf from gaining entrance into the Villa for failing to isolate himself after a trip from Lagos.

In reaction, the Senior Special Adviser to the President in Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, issued a statement saying:

“The Presidency wishes to acknowledge concerns expressed by several members of the public regarding the recent incident among the occupants of the State House which escalation led to the arrest of some staff by the police.

“This is to assure all and everyone that the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammadu Buhari, is not, and was not at any time in any form of danger arising, either from deadly infections or the reported incident by security personnel which is currently under investigation.

“This particular incident happened outside the main residence of the President.

“Armed guards and other security personnel assigned to the State House received the necessary training of especially weapons handling and where they come short, their relevant agencies have their rules and regulations to immediately address them.

"Having authorized the proper investigation to be carried out into this unfortunate incident by the Police, the President has acted in compliance with the rule of law.

“That a minor occurrence is being used by some critics to justify attacks on the government and the person of President Muhammadu Buhari is beggars belief.

‘In this particular instance, the President says the law should be allowed to take its course.”