Scores of protesting youths under the aegis of Occupy National
Assembly, on Tuesday, besieged the premises of the federal parliament
and demanded the immediate resignation of the Senate President, Bukola
Saraki.
The youths made up of various Civil Society Organisations and
students, were also demanding that the federal lawmakers should
immediately revisit the grey areas identified in the 2016 budget by
President Muhammadu Buhari.
Apart from this, they asked 36 senators who had so far collected
their own exotic jeeps to return them immediately or face the wrath of
Nigerians.
The protesters marched from the Unity Fountain within the Central
Area of the city to the National Assembly, a journey of about two
kilometers and forced their way to the main gate, defiling all security
network mounted by regular and riot police officers.
The youths forced the main gate closed thereby preventing staff,
lawmakers and visitors from either entering or leaving the premises.
The protesters, armed with placards containing various inscriptions,
vowed to seal off the federal parliament for the initial three days to
see whether their demands would be met.
They also said they would resume a permanent protest that would
paralyse all activities in the National Assembly until all their demands
were fully met.
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja
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