Nigerians woke up on Tuesday last week to a rare spectacle of stand off in Abuja between two state armed agents of law enforcement. The scenes were the homes of the immediate past Directors-General of the State Security Service, Mr Ekpenyong Ita and the National Intelligence Agency, Mr Ayodele Oke, where armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had gone to effect the arrests of the two former spy chiefs.
Predictably, the armed guards protecting their principals resisted. Most residents, including diplomats, on the Mamman Nasir Street were trapped in their houses, guns were corked, and people could have died at slightest mismanagement of the siege. This was uncalled for. This was avoidable.
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