Attack on Senate: Governor Fayose blames presidency, reps angry

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Policeman watching thugs enter the Senate chambers

Policeman watching thugs enter the Senate chambers

Lanre Babalola

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has described as shamefully embarrassing the invasion of the Nigerian senate during plenary and the theft of the mace by suspected thugs.

The governor stated in a tweet today that only thugs with presidential backing could have carried out such a treasonable act.

He said those involved should be treated like coupists.

Read his tweet on the invasion below:

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”Shamefully embarrassing that for the first time since 1999, the National Assembly was invaded by thugs and the Senate Symbol of Authority taken away. Only thugs with Presidential backing could have carried out that treasonable act & those involved must be treated like coupists.”

Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has described the invasion of the senate by thugs led by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege as an act of terrorism and called for investigation.

Also in a statement, the Senate spokesman Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, described the assault on the senate as a treasonable act.

“Today, some 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 mobilize their personnel to retrieve the mace and apprehend the mastermind and the perpetrators of this act.”

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