Yaounde: Armed men attack villa belonging to former Nigerian Vice President Atiku

Cameroon security forces have foiled an attack by heavily armed men on the home of a wealthy Nigerian in the nation’s capital Yaounde. Cameroon Concord learnt that seven members of a gang tried to rob a spectacular scientific complex close to the presidential palace on the 18th of March 2016. Our Intelligence Unit hinted that there was sporadic gunfire between the men in uniform and the off-the-law who blatantly refused to surrender. Three of the gang members are now in police drag net. 

According to information received from security sources, the owner of the villa is Atiku Abubakar, politician and former vice president of Nigeria under the reign of President Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007. Atiku Abubakar we are told is also a successful businessman in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Cameroon Concord’s chief political editor who contributed in this report expressed concerns why such an action was successfully staged at a time when the Cameroonian capital is under high surveillance following terrorist threats including the presence of the Italian Head of State, President Sergio Mattarella.