Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Ahmed Imam Umar and other lawmakers narrowly escaped attack on Tuesday August 1 when some suspected thugs disrupted the House sitting, Our Kogi State Correspondent reports.
The thugs reportedly stormed the Legislative Chamber at about 1:40pm, chanting “what kind of rubbish sitting is this, all of you should vacate this chamber or we kill you.”
The Speaker was whisked away, while other lawmakers scampered for safety through nearbye doors.
Fresh Angle International can report that tension heightened when one Salisu, Personal Assistant on Media to the member representing Igalamela Odolu Constituency, Friday Sanni was attacked by the thugs after his boss was whisked away.
Despite earlier assurances by the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Wilson Inaluegu that the Assembly complex will be safe, particularly with the presence of heavily armed security men from the Nigeria Police, Civil Defence and Department of State Services, DSS, the thugs took over the chamber as the security details watched helplessly.
Journalists were not left out, as a reporter and camera man attached to the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA and Silverbird Television respectively were accosted by the thugs, who made attempt to seize their camera.
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