Senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are no where to be found around the National Assembly as men of the DSS continue to lay siege on the federal legislature.
Our correspondent observed that only senators and members of the House of Representatives of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have thronged the National Assembly on the heels of the siege.
The PDP senators and Reps have since gained access into the National Assembly premises after about an hour of denial by the DSS men.
The senators that have so far gained access are Senators Rafiu Ibrahim, Shaba Lafiagi, Isa Hamma Misau, Ben Murray Bruce, Biodun Olujimi, Nazif Gamawa, Atai Aidoko, Ahmed Ogembe, Chukwuka Utazi, among many others.
Among the PDP Reps present are Timothy Golu, Boma Goodhead, Kingsley Chinda, Adamu Entonu, Razak Atunwa, Olayuonu Temitope, Bassey Ewa, Chris Emeka Azubogu, among others.
As at the time of filing this report, no APC senator was sighted around the National Assembly premises.
It is indeed heart warming that at last, lawmakers have been allowed entry into the National Assembly complex but not without thorough security screening by masked, stern looking DSS operatives, Daily Trust can report.
The lawmakers who come, clipping their Identification Cards (IDs) on their chests, are required by the security personnel to bring out their phones and other personal effects as condition for gaining entry into the complex.
For instance, Senators Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti) and Ogembe (PDP, Benue) were seen identifying themselves to the security officials.
"He is Ogemebe, Senator Ogembe from Benue State," one of the aides of the senator told the DSS before he was allowed to pass.
So far, all efforts to speak with any of the lawmakers or their aides have proved abortive.
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