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SalamRushdie:
Nigeria doesn't have a single interceptor fighter jet nor do we have a single air defense and response in place .. is it this two 35 years old Alpha jet you want to scramble to intercept an aerial threat over Aso Rock...Oga keep fooling yourself with mediocrity I am not joining you

Then why hasn't there been any attacks since 1992?

vivlyviv:
You are right, the big rock is called aso rock.... the presidential complex is called aso villa.

thank u

dake40:
Then why hasn't there been any attacks since 1992?

Because an attack is usually the last resort. To sabotage the Nigerian economy all you need do is pay bribe to Nigerian politicians. Which is way cheaper than sending a rocket to destabilise the country

SalamRushdie:
Sprawling compound with no line of defence against aerial attacks ...Just imagine the damage just two cobra attack helicopter with night fighting capabilities will do to this place in 2 hours

u sound so brilliant online until you post a trade on-line and we finally see how dumbass you really are

omrex:
It's security issue to reveal the location of Aso rock let alone the office of the president.

Make SSS no come carry una oh.

comot for here. even white house and pentagon can be seen on google earth

TrumpedL:
Is that a brown muddy water by the side?

I feel like swimming in that poto poto.

SalamRushdie:
Sprawling compound with no line of defence against aerial attacks ...Just imagine the damage just two cobra attack helicopter with night fighting capabilities will do to this place in 2 hours

You are the most ignorant person on this forum, yet always trying to be intelligent.

BlackPantherxXx:
Naptu2, i LOVE ALL OF YOUR THREADS.

I really learn a lot from you, you are the Nairaland resident historian.

That State House Marina(lovely building by the way).....What is it used for now?

What of Dodan Barracks? You said it was rebuilt. Any pictures of the reconstructed one? What is it used for now?

The Presidency moved from State House Marina to State House Ribadu Road in 1967. However, State House Marina was still used for some official functions between 1967 - 1991 when the Presidency moved to Abuja. Ambassadors and high commissioners usually presented their letters of credence to the president at State House Marina. State House Marina was also the venue of the arrival ceremonies for certain visiting heads of state and government, e.g. Margaret Thatcher, King Juan Carlos of Spain and Robert Mugabe. President Jimmy Carter of the US stayed at State House Marina when he visited Nigeria in 1978.

Maryam Babangida often held her childrens day and independence day parties at State House Marina and Wole Soyinka was presented with a national honour at State House Marina after he won the Nobel Prize in 1986.


State House Marina was almost abandoned between 1991 - 2011. The only state activity that took place there was the signing of a condolence register when Stella Obasanjo died in 2005.

President Goodluck Jonathan hosted David Cameron at State House Marina in 2011 and he liked the place so much that he stayed there (instead of Ribadu Road) whenever he was in Lagos.

Governor Ambode sent a request to President Buhari that the Lagos State Government should be allowed to take over State House Marina. President Buhari approved the request last year and Fashola formally handed the house over to Ambode earlier this year. I think the Lagos State Government plan to convert it into a museum.


The Presidency was at Ribadu Road from 1967 - 1991. The president of Nigeria stayed at Ribadu Road whenever he was in Lagos between 1991-2011 (President Obasanjo celebrated his birthday there in 2004). The residence was seriously damaged during the Orkar Coup (I'll never forget that day) and it was rebuilt by Julius Berger. The other parts of the complex were not seriously affected.

The last time that I saw the Council Chambers being used was in 2002 when Obasanjo paid a state visit to Lagos. He and other Federal Government officials met with Tinubu and other Lagos State officials at the Council Chambers.

State House Ribadu Road has been used as a heliport since 2011. Whenever the president or vice president is visiting Lagos (especially the Island) they fly to Ribadu Road by helicopter and then go to their destination by car (the Ribadu Road complex is very big and it's got a huge field that can accomodate many helicopters).

Just one of kim jung nuke will do.

ASS HOLE ROCK!!!

FirstCounsel:
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Please enlighten us more. What would an ideal line of defense look like for that edifice? Thanks

First of all there should be a no fly zone restriction over the airspace ( which I am sure there is ) it will need a battery of about units of Russian built S 300 Grumbles in the tge surrounding hills to cover effectively to buy time to get the commander in chief out in case of aerial breach..on the roof within the compound they will need a reliable close in weapons system like the Russian built AK 360 to keep the compound safer , finally a Squadron of air superiority interceptors that can be scrambled with 2 minutes of an impending aerial close in ... Sadly we have non of this in place

Firstpage:
You are the most ignorant person on this forum, yet always trying to be intelligent.

Why dont you tell me how that compound can be defended from an impending aerial close in tozo

Someday, one or all of the many buildings that make up Aso Villa will adorn National paraphernalia as it ought to be.

The presidency is still steadfastly militarised even with 19yrs of democracy.

Throwback:
No Nigerian that is not a top politician can claim to know what Aso Villa looks like.

Yet we claim to be a continuous democracy that is 19 years old?

Is it a crime for the media to take a photo shot of Aso Villa, since the end of military rule in 1999?

Now let the government of Nigeria go sue Google for exposing a structure that Nigerians should by right be able to draw as a primary school assignment.

I agree. should be some sort of national symbol. Many of us can ID the Whitehouse but not this. Nigeria doesn't seem to have a clear script but just to loot

Abudu2000:
u sound so brilliant online until you post a trade on-line and we finally see how dumbass you really are

Doubt my brilliance at your own peril sir

lastempero:
They live inside the rock that is why the inhabitants are primitive

pretty sarcasm

naptu2:
Previous threads.

2008 thread.
https://www.nairaland.com/209286/picture-aso-rock-anyone-got



2010 thread.
https://www.nairaland.com/521656/why-there-no-pictures-aso

2012 thread.
https://www.nairaland.com/951565/aso-rock-belongs-nigerians...in-democracy


2013 thread.

https://www.nairaland.com/1428396/does-anyone-picture-aso-villa

2013 thread.
https://www.nairaland.com/1153037/google-earth-pictures-locations-nigeria


2014 thread.
https://www.nairaland.com/1834456/how-does-aso-rock-look

Is there a frontal picture of the Residence within Aso Villa such as there is of the colonial mansion at Marina?

SalamRushdie:
Sprawling compound with no line of defence against aerial attacks ...Just imagine the damage just two cobra attack helicopter with night fighting capabilities will do to this place in 2 hours

Where will they take off from?

From the way i see it, the only way it can happen is if an airforce base is bridged and an attack helicopter hijacked. Even this may not succeed because the airforce cam quickly get a jet fighter airborne which will intercept the helicopters especially because the jets are much more faster.

You are thinking of the movie "Olympus has fallen".

SalamRushdie:
Sprawling compound with no line of defence against aerial attacks ...Just imagine the damage just two cobra attack helicopter with night fighting capabilities will do to this place in 2 hours

You are one of the most ill informed wailer on this forum. U dont have to comment on every topic....
U aint a kid or are u?

adanny01:
Where will they take off from?

From the way i see it, the only way it can happen is if an airforce base is bridged and an attack helicopter hijacked. Even this may not succeed because the airforce cam quickly get a jet fighter airborne which will intercept the helicopters especially because the jets are much more faster.

You are thinking of the movie "Olympus has fallen".

I meant attack helicopters coming from non friendlies ...Truth be told the Airspce coverage of Nigeria is very poor military wise and we don't have any jet that can scrambled as an interceptor at the moment..non absolutely

progress69:
You are one of the most ill informed wailer on this forum. U dont have to comment on every topic....
U aint a kid or are u?

Why don't you tell me what line of defence can stop the scenario Ibplayed out or just keep quiet...a country without a single air warning system in place or proper military grade radar coverage neither do we have single interceptor aircraft yet you are yappping nonsense ...I am sure you think very highly of the Nigerian military because you know nothing .

SalamRushdie:
I meant attack helicopters coming from non friendlies ...Truth be told the Airspce coverage of Nigeria is very poor military wise and we don't have any jet that can scrambled as an interceptor at the moment..non absolutely

You mean the Nigerian airforce has no airworthy fighter jet? Do you know this for a fact or just assuming because of our ineptitude?

Yes i know there is no total radar coverage of the Nigerian airspace, however, any neighbourinf country that allows such helicopters to take off and sneak into Nigeria has earned itself a war with Nigeria. Basically, those kind of helicopters cannot be allowed to operate privately or for any non military operation in Nigeria. The only way for tgat to happen is to compromise our own military.

SalamRushdie:
Why dont you tell me how that compound can be defended from an impending aerial close in tozo

You want google earth to show you it's defensive capabilities?

how daft can you be? And to think you always call buhari a dullard.

Firstpage:
You want google earth to show you it's defensive capabilities?

how daft can you be? And to think you always call buhari a dullard.

I said you tell me what air defense system Nigeria has in place ... we have none if you don't know ..I am speaking from a pointbof knowledge and not a shallow place like you are sir .

adanny01:
You mean the Nigerian airforce has no airworthy fighter jet? Do you know this for a fact or just assuming because of our ineptitude?

Yes i know there is no total radar coverage of the Nigerian airspace, however, any neighbourinf country that allows such helicopters to take off and sneak into Nigeria has earned itself a war with Nigeria. Basically, those kind of helicopters cannot be allowed to operate privately or for any non military operation in Nigeria. The only way for tgat to happen is to compromise our own military.

Take it from me Nigeria we have non ..A couple of very old unreliable Alfa jets with nor air to air capabilities is all we have and they are always busy in the North East doing nothing but fly bys.

SalamRushdie:
I said you tell me what air defense system Nigeria has in place ... we have none if you don't know ..I am speaking from a pointbof knowledge and not a shallow place like you are sir .

You are speaking from point of hatred and delusion. It is a matter of national security to tell you our defense capabilities. But a new born kid knows that the Aso Rock is a no flight zone, to start with.

Firstpage:
You are speaking from point of hatred and delusion. It is a matter of national security to tell you our defense capabilities. But a new born kid knows that the Aso Rock is a no flight zone, to start with.

I already said the only thing they have there is a restricted airspace butvwith no capability to police it ...non at all .. You seem no to know the level of rot Nigeria is in

Throwback:
No Nigerian that is not a top politician can claim to know what Aso Villa looks like.

Yet we claim to be a continuous democracy that is 19 years old?

Is it a crime for the media to take a photo shot of Aso Villa, since the end of military rule in 1999?

Now let the government of Nigeria go sue Google for exposing a structure that Nigerians should by right be able to draw as a primary school assignment.

So that you can give the pictures to your evil brothers to launch attack. The Gideon Okar's coup-de-tat is enough lesson.

Throwback:
No Nigerian that is not a top politician can claim to know what Aso Villa looks like.

Yet we claim to be a continuous democracy that is 19 years old?

Is it a crime for the media to take a photo shot of Aso Villa, since the end of military rule in 1999?

Now let the government of Nigeria go sue Google for exposing a structure that Nigerians should by right be able to draw as a primary school assignment.

True!

Here, a 13yr old can draw Pallati Presidencial because they re allowed to visit there and know so many things about there. Try it in Nigeria and see your child blown to pieces.

CSTR1003:
Everything about Nigeria is Third World.
It is like a curse.

See how the buildings look like a ghetto from its top views.

And the sad thing is the cost of those buildings are prohibitive.

A so-called giant of Africa that has no working database, how do u expect it to get away from 3rd world?

wetin cosign us consign the area view of aso rock. na the area view we wan chop or go provide job for us..mtchew. smh!!

My thoughts as well.

Aso Rock Villa is like a sacred shrine for the corrupt, that must not be revealed.

Throwback:
No Nigerian that is not a top politician can claim to know what Aso Villa looks like.

Yet we claim to be a continuous democracy that is 19 years old?

Is it a crime for the media to take a photo shot of Aso Villa, since the end of military rule in 1999?

Now let the government of Nigeria go sue Google for exposing a structure that Nigerians should by right be able to draw as a primary school assignment.