We didn’t frisk Tambuwal’s official vehicle —Security agents

We didn’t frisk Tambuwal’s official vehicle —Security agents

Security agents in Kaduna, on Tuesday, denied frisking the official vehicle of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, in Kaduna, as widely reported.

A top security source which said the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mohammed Sambo Dassuki, had directed investigation into the matter, also denounced the purported story in the national dailies, saying that soldiers insisted on searching the official vehicle of the speaker at the venue of the International Conference on Security and Development Challenges of Pastoralism in West and Central Africa, organised by the office of the National Security Adviser.

“There was no attempt by soldiers and other security agents to search the speaker’s vehicle and all dignitaries and participants were accorded due respect,” the source said.

“The presence of security agents at the venue was for safety of top dignitaries, including the Governors of Kaduna; Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, Niger; Babangida Aliyu and the Deputy Governor of Plateau State as well as the NSA, service chiefs and traditional leaders, had their vehicles searched. Detectives from the Department of State Services, were trying to verify whether or not it was the actual vehicle of the speaker and he hurriedly disembarked and walked to the hall. The service chiefs parked their vehicles 300 meters away from the venue and walked.”