Sabiu Yusuf shooting: Buhari orders “proper investigation”

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered “proper investigation” into the shooting of Mr. Sabiu Yusuf, a.k.a. “Tunde”, a nephew and influential Personal Assistant to the President, that took place in the State House, Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Thursday

The president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu disclosed this in a Presidency statement on the security incident in the State House.

Recall that ElombahNews reported on June 13, 2020, how Sabiu Yusuf escaped a brutal attack from the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari.

Mrs. Buhari launched the attack along with her children — Zahra, Halima and Yusuf.

Sabiu Yusuf escaped but not after some shots were fired at his direction.

A source at the Villa, who spoke on condition of anonymity, revealed that the ugly incident happened on Thursday, June 11, 2020.

Tunde, the source said, was horrified when the First Lady, accompanied by her children and a team of policemen led by her Aide-De-Camp, forcefully confronted him.

A terrified Sabiu Yusuf, who felt helpless and vulnerable immediately took to flight on foot.

That was when Mrs. Buhari’s ADC and four members of her police escort fired some shots into the air as they pursued him.

Reacting to the barrage of inquiries and expressions of concern, the presidency released the statement which reads:

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 anytime 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 receive 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 beggars belief.

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