The aim of the operation was to deny House speaker Aminu Tambuwal, who has recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), access to the building, Premium Times reports with reference to Tambuwal’s spokesperson.
According to the recent update, Tambuwal managed to access the complex following a mess with the security. And shortly after that another breaking news emerged: the Senate president ordered the closure of the complex. Proceed with the story for the updates.
Imam Imam had previously told the correspondent:
“All the entrances are locked and only one gate is used and everyone is totally frisked before being allowed in and only one person is allowed into the Assembly from any vehicle, others are asked to go back.”
The politician’s representative assured however that Tambuwal would anyway hold and preside over the crucial sitting
It would be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan asked the Assembly for the third time to extend the emergency rule in the 3 statesmostly affected by Boko Haram insurgency. However the Senate did not warmly welcomed the controversial move as some senators openly opposed the extension.
On November 18 Tambuwal set to reconvene the House Of Representatives based on the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution “in order to treat the extension before the expiration of the current State of Emergency”.
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