In apparent desperation to stop Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon. Yakubu Dogara from emerging as Senate President and Speaker of Representatives respectively, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has shut every entrance into the National Assembly.
As early as 6am, the road leading to the National Assembly had been cordoned off while policemen and soldiers had been been deployed to stop human and vehicular movement into the premises.
The decision to shut the National Assembly was the fallout of the adoption of Saraki and Dogara by Peoples Democratic Party senators-elect as candidates for Senate president and speakership of the House last night.
While the National Assembly is shut, President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of APC have scheduled a meeting with APC lawmakers at the International Conference Centre (ICC) this morning.
The meeting is meant to compel Saraki or Dogara to step down for the party’s candidates. There are fears that the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly may not hold today if the party fails to have its way.