Aso Rock Confirms Robbery Incident on President’s Chief of Staff, Gambari
Aso Rock Confirms Robbery Incident on President’s Chief of Staff, Gambari
Nigeria’s Presidency has confirmed that there was a security breach at the residence of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari by 3:am on Monday.
Spokesman to the President, Garba Shehu however noted that the attempt to burgle Gambari’s residence was not successful.
This is coming in a slew of insecurity facing the West African country
An online platform, Peoples Gazette had earlier reported that both Gambari and an administrative officer at the Presidency simply identified as Maikano, were robbed.
According to the report, which has been trending online, armed robbers invaded Aso Rock and emptied the residences of Gambari and Maikano.
Responding in a statement on Monday night, Malam Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said there was an attempt to burgle the residence of the Chief Of Staff.
The statement read, “The Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari has confirmed that there ‘was a foolish attempt’ to burgle his residence at 3:00am this morning but it turned out to be unsuccessful.
“Professor Gambari, whose house is on a street next to the Villa has assured that there is nothing to worry about from the incident.”
Gambari succeeded the late Abba Kyari, who died in a Lagos hospital while treating coronavirus in April 2020.
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