Osinbajo’s Security Personnel Beat up Vanguard Photojournalist in Presidential Villa

The security aides of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday at the Presidential Villa, beat up Vanguard’s photojournalist, Mr. Abayomi Adesida, while covering an event attended by the vice president in the State House Conference Centre.

The episode occurred at the Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit organised by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), chaired by Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa

Narrating his ordeal, in accordance with his professional duties in the State House, Adesida said he had attempted to take the photograph of Osinbajo who was on a tour of the exhibition stands at the event, when the security aides descended heavily on him.

According to him, he had opted to take the photograph of

Osinbajo at one of the exhibition stands where he (Osinbajo) was being presented wth a copy of a magazine as a souvenir, when suddenly, five personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) attached to the vice president suddenly pounced on him.

He said the manner in which the security personnel descended on him was shocking as he was not in any way obstructing the movement or activities of the vice president, adding that the security details disregarded his Villa identification tag and hit him hard.

He further said the security personnel dragged him on the floor like a criminal and damaged his expensive camera which he bought at the rate of $5, 000.

Adesida who was lamenting the pains he was going through after the incident, said the situation would have been worse but for the intervention of the vice president’s Aide- deCamp.