In desperation to stop Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon. Yakubu
Dogara from emerging as Senate President and Speaker of Representatives
respectively, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has shut every
entrance into the National Assembly.
According to Thisday, as early as 6am, the road leading to
the National Assembly had been cordoned off while policemen and soldiers had
been deployed to stop human and vehicular movement into the premises.
The decision to shut the National Assembly was the fallout
of the adoption of Saraki and Dogara by Peoples Democratic Party senators-elect
as candidates for Senate president and speakership of the House last night.
While the National Assembly is shut, President Muhammadu
Buhari and the leadership of APC have scheduled a meeting with APC lawmakers at
the International Conference Centre (ICC) this morning.
The meeting is meant to compel Saraki or Dogara to step down
for the party's candidates. There are fears that the inauguration of the 8th National
Assembly may not hold today if the party fails to have its way.
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