Presidency react to reports of accidental discharge where a caterer got injured at the villa

The presidency has issued a statement reacting to an incident of accidental discharge that injured a female caterer within the villa on Wednesday January 4th. A statement by Shehu Garba, says that reports received so far by the presidency indicates that the security official involved in this incident is not attached to the State House.

He came on an invitation as a witness in an ongoing investigation and was required, as is the rule, to surrender his weapon at the gates before entry. It was at the Administrative reception where he was surrendering his loaded pistol that it discharged accidentally, with a pellet of bullet hitting the caterer who was standing by his side.

The villa officials, according to Garba, took the lady and the officer to the clinic and they were subsequently discharged after being attended to.