The
Kogi state House of Assembly has been sealed off The crisis rocking the Kogi
state House of Assembly seems to have taken a new dimension as men of the
Nigerian police force sealed off the building on Wednesday, March 30. The
Nation reports that the development which took the workers of the state
assembly by surprise apparently because of initial inaction of the police to
effect the Senate order for inspector general to shut the assemble over the
lingering crisis that has grounded legislative work in the state. A worker who
spoke under the condition of anonymity confirmed the development said the
police came few minutes after 10 a.m Wednesday morning.
Another
source however debunked the shutting of the assembly by the police, saying that
the issue was “resolved” adding that workers were in their offices as at the
time the police came. “Yes, they have resolved it. The police came but they
spoke over the matter and the issue was resolved,” the source said. She added
that lawmakers were yet to be allowed into the assembly complex. Recall that
fifteen Kogi lawmakers petitioned the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu
Dogara requesting the House to investigate the crisis rocking the assembly. The
House of Representatives which instituted a fact finding committee to look into
the Kogi assembly crisis has since taken over its activities, followed by the
Senate, which endorsed the close order. The police has since the order looked
the other way while the Umar Imam-led faction (G-5) of the assembly continued
sitting, until around 10 a.m Wednesday morning, when people were ordered out of
the complex Meanwhile the Momoh Jimoh-Lawal faction otherwise known as G-15,
which took its case before the National Assembly, have since stayed away from
the assembly.
