National Assembly Under Locked Down, As Armed Soldiers Takeover Complex. See Why

There is an unusual presence of armed soldiers in and around the National Assembly Complex on Wednesday.

The armed officers, numbering about 10, were spotted at strategic areas of the Legislative complex.

Daily Trust reports that two armed soldiers were seen manning one of the entrance gates, while one each was placed at the car parks of both Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara.

Others were spread across different locations of the National Assembly.

Before now, it is usually men of the Nigeria Police, the Civil Defence as well as the National Assembly security, sergeant-at-arms that were deployed around the premises.

Daily Trust correspondence, also observed that the number of policemen has been increased at the National Assembly premises.

The last time, NASS experienced such heavy presence was when pro-Buhari Senators tried to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu.

Although, no reason was given for the lockdown, media report suggests mass defection of lawmakers might be the reason for their presence.

One high profile defection that could happen any moment now is that of Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu. The Lawmaker is set to dump Nigeria’s major opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The security cordon comes a day after the Senate passed into law the Electoral Act amendment bill.

Speaking on the passed bill, President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki said the president will now give his assent as the country now has an electoral process.

According to him, “This will go on a long way in improving our electoral process and further strengthen our governance and I’m sure with this, Mr president will of course give his assent and we can now finally have an electoral process we all will be proud of.”

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