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Police, DSS Take Over National Assembly, Senators, Honourables Denied Entry

The entrance to the national assembly has been presently cordoned off by the men of the Nigerian Police and Department of State Security Service. Several members of the House of Representatives and…

The entrance to the national assembly has been presently cordoned off by the men of the Nigerian Police and Department of State Security Service.

Several members of the House of Representatives and Senators were not allowed into the complex as at 7:20am.

Among those seen around are Senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim and other colleagues of his.

Ibrahim said he has been denied entry into the complex and looking forward to what will happen.

One of the Honourable members who is present at the entrance of the complex as at the time of filing this report said the ongoing action validates the alarm he raised yesterday.

All the staff of the complex who have come to resume duty are currently forming a large.

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Published August 7, 2018
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