Men of the State Security Service (DSS) have taken over the National Assembly and prevented lawmakers, journalists and staff from entrance.
The DSS men who appeared battle ready took strategic positions at all the gates leading to the National Assembly premises.
Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, one of the lawmakers who was prevented from accessing the National Assembly lamented to journalists.
He said:”We’re legislators and we’re supposed to have access to our offices.
“The DSS came and blocked the whole entrance to the National Assembly and said it is orders from the above. We’re here waiting to know who gave such orders.”
Meanwhile, Senator Ben Murray Bruce has accused Senator Godswill Akpabio and other senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being behind the DSS siege of the National Assembly.
Sen Bruce said they would make sure that countries like the US, Canada, The United Kingdom, among others revoke the visas of senator Akpabio and his cohorts as well as their wives and children.
He said they would resist any attempt by the APC senators to effect any leadership change in the Senate.
”It has come to our attention that we’re being invaded by state security. Our colleagues can’t go to work after we adjourned for summer holiday. We’ve been informed that the APC senator are trying to effect a leadership change.
“This is anti democracy. We’re going to ask western democracy. We’ll ask the western countries to revoke the visas of Sen Akpabio. We’ll ask them to revoke the class of their wives. Let nobody test me or this institution.
“We’ll submit the names of DSS officials and that of Akpabio to the western embassies. I hope this anti democracy forces love Nigeria, so they won’t travel out of the country for a very long time.
“Akpabio will have to sell his aircraft and thereafter I’ll have to buy him a donkey so that he can use it.”