•As police tear gas Speaker, members
Combined security operatives drawn from the Nigerian Police Force and Department of State Security (SSS), on Thursday, almost prevented the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal from entering the National Assembly complex.
However, it took the ingenuity of members in their scores that saw the Speaker and members to gain entrance to the complex after they beat the security network to force the main gate to the National Assembly open.
The operatives had blocked Honourable Tambuwal’s convoy from gaining access into the National Assembly premises, the development that made the Speaker, his aides and members to trek to the main gate.
Some members, including the Minority Leader, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, Deputy Minority Leader, Hon Abdulraham Kawu, Bimbo Daramola, Samuel Adejare, among others, were forced to climb through the gate before they could gain entrance into the National Assembly complex.
Immediately the Speaker and some members who were with him gained entrance into the National Assembly, policemen who were preventing them from entering the complex resorted to the use of tear gas to scare them away but members had to cover up the Speaker and they made straight to the chamber of the House.
The following dialogue ensued between the Speaker and the security operatives:
Speaker: (Laughs) Excuse me, can I please access the premises of House of Representatives for me to go and preside over the House?
My name is Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the Speaker of this House. Can anyone answer me, please?
Speaker: Officer how are you? Approach me please. Have you identified me? Mr Wilson, please come...
Meanwhile, Senate President, David Mark has shut down the National Assembly till Tuesday, over the pandemonium.
Mark made the announcement during the plenary session on Thursday.
Source: Tribune
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