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Legislators react to National Assembly blockade

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6 years ago

August 7, 2018

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: “Leave the man alone. Leave Bukola Saraki alone… what has he done? This is a coup.” #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). “We’re acting on the order from above,” 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

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