The Special Adviser to the
President of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu said the
invasion of the residence of Dr. Bukola Saraki was to prevent defection of some
members of the National Assembly from the All Progressives Congress ( APC) to
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today.
Olaniyonu in a statement
released today said: “Entry to Saraki’s house blocked by police. Ekweremadu’s
house surrounded by SSS. The plan is to prevent Senate from sitting and
therefore abort plan for mass defection.
“By their calculation, as
many days as they delay the defection, so they can scare many of the proposed
defectors and whittle down their numbers.
“Also, they believe many of
the would be defectors will back down in the face of this intimidation.”
Police vehicles and
officers had this morning blocked the entry and exit routes to the Lake Chad
residence of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, there by preventing him
from attending to the invitation of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim
Idris at 8am today.
It was gathered that
Saraki's convoy hit the road around 6:58am on Tuesday morning to honour the
police invite but was left stranded as the officers and men of the Nigerian
Police Force had refused him passage.
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