Confirming the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, noted that the burglars broke into the speaker’s office through the roof and stole the mace.
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The Speaker of the Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the disclosure at an emergency plenary in Lafia after the Majority Leader, Alhaji Tanko Tunga (APC-Awe North), presented a letter of request on the issue to Governor Umaru Al-Makura.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Shina Olukolu, told newsmen in Gombe that the mace was found around National Industrial Court in the state capital in the early hours of Friday.
Abdul stated this during an investigative hearing into the incident by joint ad hoc committee investigating the incident.
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, had on Tuesday announced the setting up of the panel
Ekweremadu, according to a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), Uche Anichukwu, stated this when he received the leadership of Nigerian Political Science Association, which visited him at the National Assembly on Friday.
The Guild in a statement by its President, Funke Egbemode, and General Secretary, Victoria Ibanga, said the whisking of the mace from the Red Chamber was highly condemnable.
The Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations), Joseph Habila, handed over the mace to the Clerk of the National Assembly.
This is unlike the normal Thursday sittings that is opened to all.
The announcement of the recovery of the mace was contained in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood
The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, revealed this in a statement
The call followed a resolution by the lawmakers at the end of a closed-door session held immediately after the removal of the mace, the symbol of authority for the legislature.
The senator was arrested in the Senate Wing of the National Assembly at 1:57pm
The Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over a joint sitting of the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, vowed to stand by democracy and defend it
Akwashiki said: “Thirteen lawmakers and me have voted in support of a motion moved for the suspension of the six lawmakers who misbehaved during our sitting on Monday
The Deputy Speaker, Bright Osayande (APC- Ovia North-East II), who raised the observation, said the commissioner was not properly dressed and should not be allowed to appear before the House
While accepting his election as Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Guni said: “I accept the nomination and promise to serve the House and people of Niger State diligently
The Speaker of the 4th Assembly, Kombowei Benson (PDP-Southern Ijaw Constituency 1), re-emerged unopposed as the speaker of the 5th Assembly in an election conducted by Clerk of the House, Aaron Timiye
The members are Bashir Abdullahi Isa Lokogoma, representing Wushishi Constituency, and Nazeer Abdullahi, representing Rijau constituency
The approval followed a request for the loan made by the Acting Governor of the state, Alhaji Sani Danladi, to provide job opportunities to the teaming youths in the state