A security breach reportedly occurred inside the Aso rock villa on Tuesday.      

PUNCH reports that the incident involved one of the security operatives attached to a delegation of the Danish Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Kristian Jensen, who visited Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday.

A source from the villa who spoke anonymously said that the incident occurred shortly after Jensen, who was accompanied by the Ambassador of Denmark to Nigeria, Mr. Torben A. Gettermann, and other Danish embassy officials, scaled through the last security checkpoint. The security operative attached to them who was in mufti then attempted to follow members of the delegation into the venue of the meeting with his weapon but was stopped.

The security operative in mufti was told that based on existing rules he could not go beyond the point with his weapon. The source said the man told them that his weapon was not “loaded.”

He said, ''When he was told to drop the weapon, the man told those manning the security point that it was not loaded. He then removed the weapon. The security guys initially thought he wanted to submit the weapon to them.

''Surprisingly, the guy pulled the weapon and fired it to prove that it was empty. Shocked at the development, the security guys on duty quickly rose and got their rifles ready for action.”

He was quickly disarmed. The Presidency is currently investigating the breach.

SOURCE: PUNCH