Aso Rock Robbery: Disbelief As Robbers Target Nigeria’s ‘Safest Place’

 

Disbelief as robbers target Nigeria’s ‘safest place’

Nigeria’s presidential villa in the capital, Abuja, is supposed to be the most secure location in the united states - however the tried housebreaking of the dwelling of the president’s chief of personnel proper subsequent door has many humans worried.


Prof Ibrahim Gambari’s residence is in the neighbourhood recognised as the “Three Arms Zone”, the place the Supreme Court and the National Assembly are additionally located.


The presidency’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the strive to rob the residence on Monday used to be “foolish”.


At face value, it does certainly appear so - given the vicinity is full of safety operatives and nearly enclosed by means of a army barracks.


But that is why the incident has left many Nigerians drawing parallels with the protection issues the country faces.


For them, it is convenient to conflate the brazen tried theft with the spike in illegal activity nationwide - from kidnapping in the north-west to assaults on public facilities, mainly on police officers and their stations in the south-east.


Critics of President Muhammadu Buhari, a former navy general, say he has woefully failed to deal with these mounting safety challenges.


For many this tried break-in confirms all their worst fears - that no-one in Nigeria is safe.

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