Hoodlums
numbering over 100 were reported to have invaded the Kogi State House of
Assembly, disrupting the plenary session, and beating up lawmakers.
According
to Sahara Reporters, the
hoodlums had attempted making their way in through the speaker’s entrance
but were barred from entry by the speaker’s aides.
The
hoodlums then climbed and forced their way through the gallery, chasing
everyone seated there, saying: “What kind of rubbish sitting is this? All
of you should vacate this chamber or we kill you.”
The
lawmakers had reportedly taken to their heels, running out of the assembly complex.
Journalists
attending the session were also said to have ran, scaling the fence of the
complex to escape the hoodlums.
The
hoodlums were said to have cornered a lawmaker named Friday Sani, also
known as Makama.
The
hoodlums reportedly stripped him naked and beat him up as policemen watched on,
unable to do anything.
Makama,
who was suspended for six months for taking the assembly to court, was resuming
to the plenary for the first time since his suspension.
According
to Punch, Makama had
been suspended for taking the assembly to court for giving extra-spending
approval to the Kogi State governor Yahaya
Bello when workers were being owed salaries.
The
High Court had declared his suspension null and void, and he had returned to
the plenary on Tuesday.
Makama
was eventually rushed out of the plenary by his supporters, and is reported to
have traveled out of the state.
Sources
also claim he was rushed to the hospital.
The
Speaker of the Assembly Ahmed
Umar who spoke to the press said the attack was an unfortunate
event.
He
said it was especially so as it happened in the presence of the police and
other security personnel who watched on as if in the employ of the hoodlums or
their sponsors.
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