Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday revealed that security reports have uncovered a plot by insurgents to bomb his house.
Addressing a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) at the State House, yesterday in Abuja, Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo revealed that security reports have uncovered plot by insurgents to bomb his house employing the use of scavengers to plant the bombs.
The disclosure is coming on the heels of Osinbajo’s recent trips to Northeast states of Adamawa, Yobe, Borno and Gombe ravaged by Boko Haram insurgents who bombed one of the venues minutes after the Vice-President departed.
It can be recalled that a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church was bombed soon after Osinbajo visited internally displaced persons in the state.
A resolution of the meeting however, did not detail the exact house of the Vice-President being targeted by the terrorists as his official residence at the Aso Rock Villa is off-limits to scavengers.
According to the Resolution, which was made available to journalists, it read;
“The Vice-President regretted that the insurgency has affected the economic life of the north east and the country as a whole. He called for the Council to speak as a team to put pressure on the Service Chiefs to increase their effort in fighting insurgency.
There should be increase in sensitization and education channels like radio, television.
The Vice President also disclosed that security reports has it that scavengers are now being prepared by insurgents to dump refuse laden with bombs in the house of the Vice-President.”