![]() ![]() Implicitly, all the plans contrived in Saudi Arabia by the handlers of the president to make the movement a secret affair had become futile. It was therefore no surprise that the moment the president left the hospital, they immediately alerted their correspondents in Nigeria.Īt the presidential villa, it was also not difficult for State House correspondents to guess that the president was on his way home, especially when troops from the Brigade of Guards began moving towards the airport. Given the political situation in Nigeria at the time, the illness of the president, and his continued stay in Saudi Arabia had caught the attention of the cable networks, most of which had detailed their correspondents in Saudi Arabia to monitor the situation. Sensing that the story might be true after all, I tried the Saudi numbers of the security details attached to the president, and when I could not reach any of them, I concluded that surely the president was indeed on his way back to Nigeria this time. Next, I tried the CSO also on all his mobile lines but got the same results. Then I tried his Nigerian mobile numbers (which were roamed), and they were also inaccessible. Naturally, my first move was to dial the Saudi line of the ADC. ![]() He had information that the president had left the hospital and was in fact at the Saudi airport on his way back to Nigeria, he wrote.Īlthough there had been hints from my previous discussions with the CSO and ADC of their possible return within the week, I had been told similar tales on several occasions, to the extent that I had become weary and no longer considered it serious. It was from Omoyele Sowore of saharareporters. The next day, several other people reported that the same thing had happened to them, and one of them shared a screen shot from his video camera.The first indication I got that the president might actually be on his way back to the country came via an SMS after my phone beeped at 6:00 p.m. All of my neighbors post suspicious activity, so I knew I'd get a response. My neighborhood uses it as a sort of neighborhood watch. Later in the day I posted the break-in on the Nextdoor App. Fortunately, there was nothing of value to take, and no damage was done, but still. And yet, someone was able to sneak around my front yard and break into my truck. My community, of which I am a board member, has a contract with a private security firm who does drive-bys throughout the day and night. We have a light post right in front of our house. The front of our house is well lit at night. We both stood there shaking our heads, getting madder as each second passed. I discovered that the interior lights had been turned off which is why none of them came on when I opened the door which is one reason I had worried that my battery was dead. Before I touched anything else, I brought my husband out to show him. A lightening bolt struck me someone had broken into my truck. And then I got in to start the truck to check the battery. To each thing I kept repeating, I must have been in a big hurry on Friday night when I got home from work. ![]()
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