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Breaking…armed thugs storm NASS, snatch away Senate mace

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Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the lawmaker representing Delta Central Senatorial District, did the unimaginable around noon Wednesday when he stormed the Upper Legislative Chamber with about 10 hefty-looking, broad-chested, and fully armed men to remove the mace of the Senate while in session. It is a first in the history of this National Assembly in its nearly 19 years.

The attempts by the Sergeant-at-Arms personnel to stop the thugs could not match the thugs, who appeared ready to use their guns, even as they marched triumphantly away to their cars.

The men, who came with the Senator drove away in two Sports Utility vans (SUVs) with the mace, but Omo-Agege, in court challenging his 90 days suspension, sat down to a closed-door deliberation with his colleagues.

Efforts to have him removed failed as other Senators of his Buhari support group disbanded by the Senate the day he was suspended resisted the move.

Fearing a resort to violence, presiding officer, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu called for a closed-door session, as a spare mace was brought in. Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, is out of town.

It was gathered that Omo-Agege allegedly provided the cover for the thugs to defile the sanctity of the Red Chamber, because when he was stopped at the security gate of the National Assembly complex, he allegedly told security operatives that the SUVs were part of his convoy.

However, Assembly sources suggested that there was complicity on the part of agencies watching over the lawmakers.

“For the nearly 10-15 minutes the scuffle for the mace lasted, all the security agencies, including the armed ones did not show up. Like Danjuma said, they were given a covering. Someone

Senator Omo-Agege

turned a blind eye while these ferocious men operated,” he added.

In a reaction, the Senate issued a statement. It said through its spokesman, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdulahi:  “Today, some armed hoodlums led by suspended Senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, walked into the Senate plenary and seized the symbol of authority of the Upper Legislative Chamber, the mace.

“This action is an act of treason, as it is an attempt to overthrow a branch of the Federal Government of Nigeria by force, and it must be treated as such. All security agencies must stand on the side of due process and immediately mobilise their personnel to retrieve the mace and apprehend the mastermind and the perpetrators of this act.

“This action is also an affront on the legislature, and the leadership of the House has come to express their support against this action.

“The Senate is now in an Executive session.

“An updated statement will be released immediately after the closed door session.”

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