Saraki said this at the ongoing World Press Conference at the foyer of the National Assembly.
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Saraki made the demand during a World Press Conference he addressed in the foyer of the National Assembly on Wednesday.
Saraki scheduled the World Press Conference on Tuesday following the invasion and blockade of the National Assembly by operatives of the Department of State Services.
The World Press Conference is coming on the heels of the invasion and blockade of the National Assembly by operatives of the Department of State Services on Tuesday.
The ADC said this in reaction to the claim of the emergence of a splinter group with the party, New ADC.
Oladele described the shutting down of the National Assembly as a failed coup against democracy and a major constitutional infraction.
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by armed operatives of the Department of State Services as a coup against democracy as well as Nigeria and its people, saying those with history of collapsing democracy in the country must not be allowed to truncate it now.
Idris, who was summoned alongside Daura by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, before the sack of the DSS boss, said the police had nothing to do with the blockade despite the arrival of a fully loaded police van while the action was on
Operatives of the DSS had mounted a blockade at the entrance of the National Assembly, preventing staff and lawmakers from going into the complex on Tuesday morning.
The party in a statement issued by its acting National Publicity, Yekini Nabena, said it is law abiding.
Ogidi told News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that Daura misused the service, misdirecting from its role, to the pedestal of Gestapo and instrument of persecution.
Chief Olu Falae, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, has condemned Tuesday blockade of the National Assembly by operatives of the Department of State Services.
House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, has urged members to be vigilant and defend Nigeria’s democracy
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, will address a World Press Conference at the foyer of the National Assembly at noon on Wednesday, says Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.
The appointment followed Tuesday’s sack of the former Director General, Lawal Daura
The British Government has said that it is closely monitoring political developments in Nigeria following reports of blockade of National Assembly entrance by officials of the Department of State Service.
The Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, has exonerated the Nigeria Police Force from Tuesday’s blockage of the National Assembly by security operatives.
President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have announced indefinite postponement of meeting of National Assembly principal officers earlier scheduled for Tuesday.
The All Progressives Congress has dissociated itself from the invasion of the National Assembly by operatives of the Department of State Services on Tuesday.
PDP made the call in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday in Abuja.