Operatives of the Plateau State Police Command on Tuesday cordoned off the road leading to the state House of Assembly complex within the Jos metropolis.
Command spokesman, Alabo Alfred, said the move was to prevent a breakdown of law and order in the state.
Responding to further questions on why the move was necessary, Alfred stated: “Just wait.
“I will soon release a press statement concerning what is happening.”
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The Eagle Online suspects the road barricade leading to the state assembly and the deployment of personnel to the assembly complex was in connection with the unresolved dispute involving the sacked 16 Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives lawmakers.
It was gathered that supporters of both the sacked 16 PDP lawmakers and the APC lawmakers, who were yet to be sworn in following the Court of Appeal judgment, besieged the area around the gate of the assembly complex located along John Samci Road.
Speaking on the development, one of the PDP supporters, Mathew Danladi, disclosed that they were at the assembly complex following information that the APC members yet to be sworn in are trying to impeach the Speaker.
Danladi said: “We have been here since last night till this Tuesday morning because we learnt that the APC members who were yet to be sworn in as state lawmakers following the controversial court of appeal judgment want to enter the state Assembly and impeach the Speaker.
“After that, they will go ahead to impeach the governor, but we will not allow that.
“They want to take the law into their hands.
“If not, why should they not wait for the final outcome of the issues because the 16 PDP lawmakers who were unjustly removed by the Court of Appeal are presently in court over the matter?
“I think the APC in Plateau State does not want peace because they are aware of the Supreme Court’s judgment over the matter.
“Instead of joining hands with the Governor Caleb Mutfwang-led administration to move the state forward, they are busy trying to cause confusion where there is none.
“But we will not allow them to achieve their aim.”
On his part, a supporter of the APC, Barnas Dalyop, insisted that the action of the Speaker not to swear in the APC members after the Court of Appeal declared them winners was unacceptable.
Dalyop said: “The Court of aAppeal is the highest court in election petitions involving state and National Assembly elections.
“The court has ruled in favour of the APC members as the legitimate persons to represent their various constituencies.
“So why is the Speaker refusing to obey the ruling of the court?”