accidental gunshot injures two in Aso Rock

An unintended discharge from a gun of one of the protection marketers attached to the Presidential Villa, Abuja , on Wednesday , injured a female worker .

The incident passed off at approximately 2 . 30 pm at a protection checkpoint at the Administrative Reception close to a sanatorium , located at the premises .

The operative changed into said to be looking to empty the weapon before filing it at the security factor when the bullet went off.

The operative and the lady worker , who turned into also making her manner into the premises at the time, were injured within the system .

The woman , who sustained injuries on her abdomen , returned and thigh, was speedy taken to the clinic for first useful resource treatment.

She was thereafter driven to the nation residence scientific Centre in Asokoro for further scientific interest .

She was said to be in a solid condition on the time of filing this report.

That changed into the second one time such an incident would manifest within the Presidential Villa in the final one year .

On February 23 , 2016 , a security operative , connected to the delegation of the Danish foreign Affairs Minister , Mr . Kristian Jensen, who visited Vice – President Yemi Osinbajo , changed into said to have attempted to pass via the closing security checkpoint with his weapon .

based at the regulations, security guys, attached to the identical Administrative Reception , wherein the last screening always takes region , were stated to have advised him that he could not move past the point together with his weapon .

within the process of submitting the weapon to operatives, the gun went off.

The incident befell shortly after Jensen , who became accompanied by means of the Ambassador of Denmark to Nigeria , Mr . Torben Gettermann, and other Danish embassy officers, scaled via the last safety checkpoint .