…As APC dissociates self from National Assembly siege
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Tuesday condemned the unauthorized takeover of the National Assembly Complex by men suspected to be operatives of the Department of State Service describing it as a gross violation of constitutional order, rule of law and all accepted notions of law and order.
Osinbajo who spoke through the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Acting President, Laolu Akande noted that the unlawful act which was done without the knowledge of the Presidency was condemnable and completely unacceptable.
He therefore assured Nigerians that all persons within the law enforcement apparatus who participated in this travesty will be identified and subjected to appropriate disciplinary action.
“Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has described the unauthorized takeover of the National Assembly complex earlier today as a gross violation of constitutional order, rule of law and all accepted notions of law and order.
“According to him, the unlawful act which was done without the knowledge of the Presidency is condemnable and completely unacceptable.
“By this statement, Professor Osinbajo is consequently assuring Nigerians that all persons within the law enforcement apparatus who participated in this travesty will be identified and subjected to appropriate disciplinary action”, the statement said.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress has dissociated itself from the early morning siege at the National Assembly by masked officials of the Department of State Services on “orders from above.”
In a statement signed by its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, in Abuja, on Tuesday, the APC said what happened at the National Assembly was purely a “legislative matter.”
The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to mischievous attempts in some partisan quarters to link Tuesday’s developments in the National Assembly to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
“While the Party is monitoring the developments in the National Assembly like every other concerned Nigerian and stakeholder, there is absolutely no basis for all the false allegations and attempt to blame the APC National Chairman for the development there. It is strictly a legislative matter.”
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