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Man Arrested In An Attempt To ‘Touch’ Buhari
After its suspension for 11 years due to security challenges in the North, Kebbi State is now set to celebrate the annual Argungu Agricultural and Fishing Festival.
President Muhammadu Buhari was in Kebbi on Thursday to open the floor as well as grace the ocassion.
However, there was a drama as a man attempted to jump on Buhari on sighting him, but he was stopped by security operatives.
A video trending online showed the unidentified man rushing at Buhari in a location where the President and other personalities appeared to be set to inspect some agricultural produce on display.
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But , his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity , Mr Garba Shehu , told journalists that the man was “ unusually excited ” on sighting Buhari and wanted to touch him.
“ I was told that somebody was trying to reach the President out of excitement . And he didn’ t know the security implications of that approach.
“ People who where there, our photographers ; that was what they told us ,” Shehu stated when he was contacted last night .
The spokesman added that he was not at the venue himself and could not give an eyewitness account.
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