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Legislators react to National Assembly blockade
Legislators have reacted to the blockade of the National Assembly by the operatives of the Department of State Services on Tuesday .
In videos shared on Twitter by Olu W Onemola , the spokesman for the Senate President , Bukola Saraki, the legislators lamented the blockade of the National Assembly .
Honourable Boma Goodhead from Rivers State, confronts the masked men blocking the National Assembly. #TheWholeWorldIsWatching #SaveOurDemocracy pic.twitter.com/AnbPJyb5GE
— Olu W. Onemola (@OnemolaOlu) August 7, 2018
I want everyone who is out there, who has facilitated or endorsed these actions implicitly or explicitly to know that #TheWholeWorldIsWatching. pic.twitter.com/xcHPk9ZmXJ
— Olu W. Onemola (@OnemolaOlu) August 7, 2018
Supporters of the ruling party saying: āLeave the man alone. Leave Bukola Saraki alone… what has he done? This is a coup.ā #SaveOurDemocracy pic.twitter.com/B6kWNW13cN
— Olu W. Onemola (@OnemolaOlu) August 7, 2018
I was just barred by fully armed, masked officers of the DSS from entering the National Assembly (@nassnigeria). āWeāre acting on the order from above,ā I was told by officers laying siege on the Assembly. All entrances BLOCKED.
Democracy is on siege! @UN#SaveOurDemocracy. pic.twitter.com/2nYJoQVc0X
— Sen. Rafiu Ibrahim (@rafiuibrahim) August 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/NGRSenate/status/1026755802894295044
https://twitter.com/NGRSenate/status/1026753643645726725
https://twitter.com/NGRSenate/status/1026761883049574401
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