THE NATIONAL Assembly complex in Abuja was besieged by protesters divided along those in support of and those against Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki’s continued stay in office.
Those in support of him carried banners screaming Saraki should be allowed to do his work, while those in opposition called for his resignation and that of senators, who they believed are not in office to serve the will of the people.
The latter group who came with other banners initially wanted to enter the National Assembly but were stopped in there hundreds by security men and women who locked the main gate of the complex and formed a human barricade.
The group sat on the floor of the road and sang the National Anthem repeatedly. The protesters who had marched from the Unity Fountain near Transcorp Hilton to the National Assembly were drawn from Members of Citizen United for Peace and Stability.
The civil society organisation in one voice, called for the immediate resignation of the Sen. Saraki, over the myriad of corruption cases preferred against him, the purchase of SUVs for senators at exorbitant price, as well as an alleged attempt to frustrate the 2016 budget.
According to the protesters, they will not stop until Saraki tenders his resignation letter. Nigerian pilot gathered that the protesters marched from the Unity Fountain near Transcorp Hilton to the National Assembly.
The spokesman of the anti anti- Saraki group Akpomejevwe Onyemachi Tedheke said while Nigerians were suffering the lawmakers were on a jamboree.
