Police Took Over National Assembly, Tear-Gassed Lawmakers Under Goodluck Jonathan

The National Assembly Invasion by the DSS  his morning was totally wrong and also a shame on our democracy. It’s not the “change” the ruling party promised us not to even talk about the collapsing economy.

But the main reason why I opened this thread is to debunk the lies of Hon. Goodhead Boma and expose the Hypocrisy of experience Goodluck Jonathan.

Hon Goodhead Boma earlier today said such thing never happened when GEJ was the president.

However, In 2014 Heavily armed policemen, yesterday, invaded the National Assembly complex, tear-gassed and tried to prevent members of the House of Representatives, including the Speaker, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, from entering the complex.

This forced some lawmakers to scale the fence in order to enter the chambers for their legislative duties.

In an unprecedented action since the return to democratic rule, the police fired tear gas in the arcade of the complex after several legislators, who had escorted the speaker, successfully breached the Police barricade to smuggle him inside the main complex of the National Assembly.

A number of legislators who could not pass through the side gate where the speaker went through, eventually scaled the fence to enter the complex.

Once in the chambers, members who were provoked by the development almost went into a riotous mood and some even tried to fence out President of the Senate, Senator David Mark who interrupted proceedings in the Senate to cross the lobby to investigate the developments in the House.

Livid members also, yesterday, commenced collection of signatures in support of an impeachment notice against President Goodluck Jonathan and 120 signatures had been collected by last night.

Following his discussion with the speaker, Senator Mark ordered the shutdown of the National Assembly complex till next Tuesday. He also summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba to report on Tuesday to give explanations for the development.

Meanwhile, the Police yesterday cited receipt of intelligence information on the possible invasion of the National Assembly by hoodlums for their action.

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