There was confusion when security agents exchanged blows
while President Muhammadu Buhari was commissioning Kawo bridge in the heart of
Kaduna city, on Thursday.
Buhari is currently in Kaduna to commission projects
executed by Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The projects are in Kafanchan, Kaduna and
Zaria.
Shortly after his return from Kafacnchan, the president
commissioned the Kawo bridge.
However, an altercation among security operatives attached
to the president and those based in Kaduna resulted in exchange of blows.
Trouble started when some men of the Department of State
Services (DSS) blocked the road to Kawo bridge soon after the president who
mounted the bridge.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai, who had earlier alighted from his
vehicle, rode in the president’s convoy to the bridge.
The security agents, who barred journalists and other
dignitaries from accessing Kawo bridge, blocked the road after El-Rufai and the
president were on the bridge.
However, El-Rufai’s Aide-De-Camp (ADC) insisted that the
governor’s official vehicle must be allowed access.
Dailytrust reports that the president’s security
aides stood their ground and this resulted in not just an altercation but exchange
of blows.
Eventually, the governor’s vehicle was given access.