Ekweremadu on home invasion: Nobody is safe in this country

Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, says no one is safe in
Nigeria.

Uche Anichukwu, media aide of Ekweremadu, had earlier disclosed
that the Abuja residence of the deputy senate president was invaded
by gunmen in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Speaking after the incident, Ekweremadu said the response of the
police to the incident was poor.

The lawmaker said the security of the citizens is not in the
hands of government but God.

“It was about 4am this morning that some people evaded the
security in my house and got all the way to my room where I was
sleeping with my wife. There was a struggle, there was a fight with
heavy commotion and by the grace of God, we eventually caught one
of them and the rest escaped,” the senator recounted.

“We handed that one over to the police investigating the matter.
The annoying aspect of it or the one that is worrisome is that at
that point, I called the inspector-general of police (IGP), his
phone was off. I called some of his aides, their phones rang out
and nobody replied till now. I called DIG operations, till I left
my house nobody showed up.

“I now had my people invite the DPO in charge of Apo police
station. We didn’t see him till about 5:30, he sent his
2nd-in-command who came and he saw the dangerous weapons that they
left behind, he left and said that the DPO was coming. Until I left
my house by 9am, the DPO had not come.

“Nobody is safe in this country, I want to appeal to my
colleagues and the general public that we all continue to be
prayerful, be conscious of our private security, it appears that
the security is not in the hands of government but the Almighty
God.”

On his part, Senate President Bukola Saraki said the alleged
poor response of the police is “disturbing”.

“It is unfortunate the security situation in Abuja. What is more
disturbing is the poor response of the police. I hope the police is
not being partisan with the way they treat cases,” Saraki said.