Nigerian Troop Tear-Gased Speaker As House Members Jump Fence [PHOTO]

The combination of Nigerian Army, Police and state security service officers were deployed to National assembly complex as the House of Representative set to sit on the extension of emergency rule in North eastern states. The aim of the operation was to deny House speaker Aminu Tambuwal, who has recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  to the All Progressives Congress (APC), access to the building, Premium Times reports with reference to Tambuwal’s spokesperson.


According  to the recent update, Tambuwal managed to access the complex following a mess with the security. And shortly after that another breaking news emerged: the Senate president ordered the closure of the complex. Proceed with the story for the updates.
Imam Imam had previously told the correspondent:
“All the entrances are locked and only one gate is used and everyone is totally frisked before being allowed in‎ and only one person is allowed into the Assembly from any vehicle, others are asked to go back.”
The politician’s representative assured however that Tambuwal would anyway hold and preside over the crucial sitting.
It would be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan  asked the Assembly for the third time to extend the emergency rule in the 3 states mostly affected by Boko Haram insurgency. However the Senate did not warmly welcomed the controversial move as some senators openly opposed the extension.
On November 18 Tambuwal set to reconvene the House Of Representatives based on the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution “in order to treat the extension before the expiration of the current State of Emergency”.
Thursday’s plenary planned to be the first since his scandalous defection. While the PDP enjoys the majority in the House, the Minority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Tuesday expressed hope that the PDP would to abide by a court ruling which that the status quo be maintained in the House, meaning the speaker retains his seat.
The today’s meeting would be the first since Mr. Tambuwal’s defection, but currently it stopped from having been held. The SSS personnel took over the sprawling National Assembly complex and sealed off all entry points.

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