The accident happened on
Wednesday, January 4 when an operative of the Department of State Service
accidentally discharged his weapon.
Gun shot was recorded at
the Aso Rock Presidential villa leading to the hospitalisation of a female
staff member.
The gun was discharged at
the reception of the administration block of the Villa and it hit a female
staff.
According to witnesses, she
sustained injuries on her stomach and laps and was rushed to the State House
Medical Centre where she is currently being treated.
Sources said the DSS
operative was trying to trying to drop his gun as requested by the security
officers attached to the reception as he is not among the security officers
assigned to the reception.
Meanwhile, the federal
government is proposing to spend a total sum of N4.93 billion to acquire
intelligence equipment, assault rifles, cellular jammer and other security
gadgets for the DSS in 2017.
Details of the proposed
spending are contained in the 2017 budget, which was submitted to a joint
session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 14,
2016.
The N7.3tn budget has a
total capital vote of N2.24tn, representing 30.7 per cent of the budget, while
the recurrent component stands at N2.98tn with the rest allocated to debt
servicing.
According to Punch, a
breakdown of the N4.93 billion reveals that the sum of N1.45 billion is
budgeted for maintenance and service warranties for all communication
intelligence equipment for the DSS, while N340 million is budgeted for the
purchase of Trevor assault rifles.
The government is also
proposing to purchase handheld direction finder for the DSS at a sum of N97.9m,
while the acquisition of antennae forensic solution and the purchase of Orion
mines detectors are expected to gulp N648 million and N25 million respectively.
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