The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , has ordered the redeployment of about 20 presidential bodyguards over the recent shooting incident at the State House, Abuja.
The personnel, from the Department of State Services and the National Intelligence Agency, were withdrawn from the Presidential Villa over their failure to manage the situation, which led to the firing of gunshots within the Villa penultimate Thursday.The shooting sparked panic that the President was in danger, but the Presidency later disclosed that Buhari had ordered a probe into the incident.
on Thursday that the bodyguards were fired by Buhari on Wednesday after a review of the incident, as well as the breach of Presidential security, which occurred in Kebbi, Kebbi State, on March 13, 2020. “These include the incident in Kebbi, when someone attempted to breach the Presidential security while the President was taking photographs with the Kebbi State Governor and other dignitaries.”
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