Armed Forces Remembrance DayIncident: Guards protect PresidentJonathan as restless soldier fidgets withgun

A mild drama occurred at the Armed Forces Remembrance
Day Celebrations yesterday as a member of the elite
Guards Brigade caused a minor stir during the wreath
laying ceremony in Abuja on Thursday.
The guard, who was part of the two columns of soldiers
drafted to form the firing party for the event, was seen
fidgeting with his gun which got stuck in the back of his
belt.
In the process, the nozzle of the gun lowered, prompting two
members of the Presidential Guard, who were standing
behind the President’s Aide-de-Camp, who felt he had a
negative intention, to form a human shield around the
President.
Another officer, believed to be a member of the Presidential
Guard, quickly moved to pull the soldier from the column,
but had a rethink after explanations by the soldier about his
problem.
The Presidential Guard then assisted the soldier to release
the rope attached to the butt of the gun from his uniform.

However, the President, who was in the middle of the two
rows of the firing party in front of the Monument of the
Unknown Soldier, was not ruffled by the incident .
After the stir which occurred on the third and last round of
the shooting of the 21-gun salute later, Jonathan freed the
traditional white pigeons from a huge cage at the cenotaph.
He later signed the 2015 Register for celebrations.
It was learnt that the bullets usually used for the traditional
military ceremony are blank bullets which lack the capacity
to inflict injuries.
NE also gathered that the officers in charge of the
ceremony normally embarked on a holistic weeding process
and psychological screening of those to take part in that
aspect of the ceremony.
The event which held at the cenotaph opposite the Eagle
Square at the Central Area, was attended by the top
echelons of the security forces and government officials.
Among those who also laid wreaths were Vice-President
Namadi Sambo; the President of the Senate, David Mark;
and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Emeka Ihedioha, who represented the Speaker, Aminu
Tambuwal.
Others were the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mahmud
Mohammed; the Minister of Defence, Gen. Aliyu Gusau; the
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh; the
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah; the Chief of
Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Usman Jibrin; the Chief of Air
Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu; the Doyen of the
Diplomatic community and the Chairman of the Nigerian
Legion, Micah Gayya.
Security personnel conducted painstaking searches on
workers whose offices are located in the three-arms zone
before allowing them in.
The security operatives locked down the two major roads in
the Three-Arms Zone – Ahmadu Bello and Shehu Shagari
ways – to prevent vehicles from passing through the
cenotaph while the event lasted.
A planned protest by the Ex-Service men Welfare
Association did not take place as the event held smoothly
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