May 11, 2021

The Presidency has confirmed there was an attempt to burgle the residence of Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said the incident occurred early hours of Monday.

According to him in a series of tweets on Minday, “The Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has confirmed that there “was a foolish attempt” to burgle his residence at 3:00am this (Monday) morning, but it turned out to be unsuccessful.”

He added, “Professor Gambari, whose house is on a street next to the Villa, has assured that there is nothing to worry about from the incident.

Shehu however noted that the police, in a related development is searching for a suspected burglar who unsuccessfully attempted to break into the house of Maikano Abdullahi on Thursday, last week. “Maikano lives on the same street with the Chief of Staff, close to the Villa,” he said.