By Ameh Ejkwonyilo
National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has apologised to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, over his ‘maltreatment’ on Monday by soldiers at a security summit in Kaduna.
The soldiers had insisted on searching Tambuwal’s car at the gate of Hotel Seventeen in Kaduna, the venue of an international conference on security and development challenges of pastoralists in West and Central Africa, an incident considered as humiliating for the number three citizen.
Dasuki has, therefore, sent a written apology to Tambuwal while blaming the soldiers’ attitude on “exuberance.”
He said in the letter: “This is to tender an unreserved apology to the Right Honourable Speaker for the exuberance displayed by security personnel detailed at the Hotel Seventeen, Lafia Road, Off Tafawa Balewa Way, Kaduna, during the International Conference on Security and Development Challenges of Pastoralists in West and Central Africa.
“Mr. Speaker, I wish to state that the action of the security personnel was not directed at your person or office but was just a case of poor discretion.
“I, therefore, regret any embarrassment this has caused to you and assure you that the case will be thoroughly investigated and such an incident will not occur again in the future.
“I wish to once again use this medium to express my gratitude to you for your very important contributions to the success of the event.”
