Supporters of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday threatened to replicate the occupy National Assembly, #OccupyNASS, by undertaking #OccupyAsoVilla if certain actions are not taken by President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress.
The OccupyNASS had since Tuesday blocked the entrance of the National Assembly without any effort by the police to dislodge them.
The Saraki supporters, who almost clashed with their opposing counterparts at the main entrance of the National Assembly, issued the threat when prevented from clashing with the anti-Saraki protesters by policemen.
The protesters, who were armed with banners and posters with various inscriptions like: “Saraki will not resign”; “Saraki will remain Senate president”; “Leave Saraki alone”; “APC save our party, save National Assembly”; and “Stop witch hunting Saraki”, said what the Occupy National Assembly protesters had done within the last four days would be replicated at the Villa Gate next week if certain actions were not taken by Buhari and the leadership of the APC.
Their leader, Ohazuruike Tochukwu, a legal practitioner, said they were in the National Assembly to draw the attention of Nigerians to the alleged injustice being perpetrated against Saraki through the judiciary.
Tochukwu also said President Buhari’s administration should within the next seven days address the biting economic hardship across the country, fuel scarcity and the unemployment crisis or they will move to the Presidential Villa and occupy the place.
He said: “We want to let you know that Nigerians demand execution of campaign promises and not persecution of perceived enemies.
“We want to let you know that we stand for fairness and justice, autonomy to all arms of government.
“We stand for accountability, and transparency by all public office holders and that we stand with Saraki and the National Assembly and demand that the executive should desist from impunity that led to the unpopularity of the last government.
“If our demands are not met by next week Wednesday, we shall commence a massive unprecedented move to occupy Aso Rock.”
Tochukwu, who claimed that he singlehandedly sponsored the protest, asked Saraki to remain in office and that no amount of harassment should intimidate him out office until 2019.
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