The combined team of security..credit: Police
Security presence was reinforced around the access routes to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, with anti-riot policemen cordoning the main gates of the State House.
PUNCH Online understands that the security beef-up follows a planned march to the Villa by human rights activist and African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore, who declared that he would lead protesters to Aso Rock if the abducted schoolchildren from Oyo and Borno states were not rescued.
Our correspondent observed a heavy deployment of anti-riot police at the Villa’s main entrance, with officers in full riot gear forming a cordon around the gates.
Access to the premises remained restricted to persons with State House identification tags, with security personnel turning back others who attempted to approach.
