I will shoot you and nothing will happen-Sambo's police guard tells AIT journalists on their way to cover Tambuwal's programme.

Journalists on their way to cover the
presentation and acceptance of the
presidential expression of interest and
nomination form of the Speaker, House of
Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal,
narrowly escaped being shot as they were
attacked by the security details attached to the
Vice-President, Namadi Sambo yesterday.
The Nation reports that a convoy of the
reporters was attacked at Aso Drive junction
(close to the Three Arm Zone) as the Vice
President, who was on his way back from
Jumat prayer at the National Mosque, passed
the junction.
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)
Buba. K, triggered the attack when he ordered
the arrest of Mr. Emman Ovuakporie, who is a
Senior Correspondent with the Vanguard
newspapers, claiming that the reporter beat a
security cordon mounted by the security
details of the Vice President.
Buba could not be convinced that one of the
mobile policemen attached to the VP’s
security convoy passed the journalist’s car.
Other journalists passing packed their cars
and protested the undignified manner in which
the policemen were manhandling the reporters,
which caused a sizable gathering.
The Vice President’s security details were
further annoyed on learning that the reporters
were on official assignment to cover the
presentation and acceptance of the
presidential nomination form by the Speaker,
Aminu Tambuwal.
A mobile policeman, Corporal Ayubu Ayefu
threatened to shoot a cameraman with Africa
Independent Television (AIT), Femi Akinpelu, in
an attempt to disperse the protesting
journalists.
The Corporal (Ayubu Ayefu) pointed his
cocked AK 47 rifle at the AIT cameraman as
he attempted to film the incident.
“Look at my name tag; nothing will happen. If
you don’t leave this place immediately with
your camera and your vehicle, I will shoot you.
Now move!”, the corporal ordered.
A senior Department of Security Service (DSS)
operative saved the day when he witnessed
the scene and alighted from his vehicle.
He appealed to the irate DSP Buba to release
the detained journalist.
He said to Buba: “I came down because I
recognised your face. Your boss was my
classmate in the university, and I want to let
you know that you are biting more than you
can chew here”.
The detained reporter was eventually released
by the Vice President’s security details after
appeals from many quarters.