The inauguration of the Presiding officers of the 8th
assembly which was scheduled to hold today has thrown the entire three arms
zone comprising the presidency, the Supreme Court (Judiciary) and the National
Assembly into serious pandemonium following the blockade of all roads leading
to the secretariat by the armed security personnel.
Specially, staff at the office of the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, SGF, security personnel drafted to barricade the
gate clashed with staff as the later were stopped from going into their various
offices.
It was gathered from a reliable source that the sudden
decision of security operatives to barricade all entrances leading to the
National Assembly Complex was intended to prevent elections for the highest
offices of both chamber from holding.
Although people had been accredited for the event, the
security operatives asked everyone to turn back despite showing their tags at
the entrances.
The main entrance to the complex from the Central Area axis,
two entry points from Aso Villa were blocked by a combined team of men of the
Nigeria Police Force and Department of State Security (DSS).
As early as 6am, all entrances had been blocked, with
security officials who craved anonymity declaring that they were acting on
orders from above.
It was learnt that President Mohammadu Buhari who returned
from the G7 meeting Monday night will meet with the National Assembly members
of the APC by 9am on Tuesday to salvage the already situation.
The sudden development it was gathered was the alleged
decision of the opposition PDP to endorse Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara for
Senate President and Speaker, House of Representatives respectively.
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