A gathering in Abuja saw the theft of former vice president Namadi Sambo's phone

 

At a gathering in Abuja, Namadi Sambo's cellphone was taken

On Twitter, Senator Shehu Sani announced this

Sani emphasised that despite the event's strict security, someone managed to get past the "security line" and steal the phone.

This took place at the biography book launch for the late Governor Solomon Lar today, October 6.

Top dignitaries from the political world, former leaders, including General Ibrahim Babangida (retd) and Abdulsalami Abubakar, as well as business and family associates, have accepted invitations to the event, according to a statement from Mike Omeri, chairman of the planning committee and former director-general of the National Orientation Agency (NOA).

When Nigeria got independence in 1960, Lar was a member of the first national assembly. Lar was the Peoples Democratic party's first chairman (PDP).