A security breach was said to have occurred inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, when an operative discharged his weapon.

The incident was reported to have involved one of the security operatives attached to a delegation of the Danish Foreign Affairs Minister, Kristian Jensen, who had paid a visit to the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the said day.

Punch Newspapers reports that the incident took place shortly after Jensen and the Ambassador of Denmark to Nigeria, Torben A. Gettermann, and other Danish embassy officials, had gotten past the last security checkpoint in the presidential villa.

The security operative who was clad in mufti, attempted to follow members of the delegation into the venue of the meeting with his weapon but he was stopped by security men attached to the Administrative Reception, where the last screening always takes place.

The operative was informed that he couldn’t go beyond that point with his weapon and he responded saying that his weapon was not ‘loaded’.

A source was quoted to have 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.”

While the Danish Ambassador and his delegation were granted entry into the Conference Hall of the Vice President’s office, the security operative was disarmed and detained.

He was said to have been interrogated for several hours by top security officials attached to the Presidential Villa and was eventually released, long after the delegation he escorted to the Presidential Villa had left.

“He was taken into a room where he was drilled for hours. He was only released at the close of work in the evening,” the source added.