Police, soldiers abort with teargas Ekiti APC lawmakers attempt to reconvene

A detachment of soldiers and policemen, led by the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, on Wednesday aborted an attempt by the lawmakers elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress to reconvene at the Ekiti State House of Assembly.
The 19 lawmakers, perhaps buoyed by the emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari as president-elect, had on Wednesday arrived at the premises of the Ekiti State House of Assembly to resume parliamentary functions.
This was after their absence from the Assembly for several months.
Only seven of the lawmakers, who are now members of the Peoples Democratic Party have been sitting since Ayo Fayose emerged as the governor of the state last year.
The seven lawmakers have indeed elected a speaker of their own and have been passing bills into law.
On Wednesday after the 19 APC lawmakers had said the opening prayer to commence sitting, Lakanu led a team of policemen and soldiers to the Assembly complex.
After an altercation with the lawmakers, the security operatives, led by Lakanu, released teargas to disperse them.
They subsequently shut down the Assembly complex and sent all workers home.
Journalists who were at the sitting were not spared the ordeal of the teargas.