National Assembly has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, to ensure the return of the Senate's mace within twenty-four hours.

The protesters which on Wednesday, April 18, stormed the Senate chamber and stole the mace. The alleged thugs were supporters of a suspended senator, Ovie Omo-Agege. The thugs left the National Assembly with the mace in a black SUV. The mace is the symbol of authority in the parliament.

A security personnel at the entrance of the National Assembly, said he was told by the protesters they were officers with the senator. “We tired to stop them but they told us they were with him (Omo-Agege),” he said. The Senate spokesman, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, in a statement issued after the incident, said that the Senate resumed plenary about 15 minutes after coming out of an executive (closed door) session where the earlier incident of forceful removal of the mace was deliberated upon.

He said: "The Senate has resumed plenary about 15 minutes ago after coming out of an executive (closed door) session where the earlier incident of forceful removal of the mace was deliberated upon. "The session is holding with the mace, the official symbol of authority firmly in place, and deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, presiding.


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"The Senate also decided that it will get to the roots of this sad assault on democracy and an obvious act of treason which the seizure of the mace by some armed hoodlums represents. "The Senate has mandated the Inspector General of Police, Idris Kpotum Ibrahim and Director General of the State Security Services (SSS), Mallam Lawan Daura, to retrieve the mace stolen by the hoodlums within 24 hours. "At the moment, some House of Representatives members led by deputy Speaker, Yusuf Lasun, are in the Senate chambers in solidarity visits. The session is presently live on NTA Channel 10.

"We are determined to conclude all matters slated on the Order Paper for today, even if it means us sitting until 6pm."

http://www.naijanewspapers.com.ng/2018/04/breaking-senate-demands-return-of-mace.html

Why am I not konsign?? I cannot even react to this kind of news! This country no dey try...! And I won't deny a part of me is happy that this shit happen!( make this politician know how e be when you no get security!) I pray for more thuggery in that house,! Any terrible tin that happen to those politician in that house is a good tin to the average Nigerian

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Demand ko, Supply ni

If you are broke, check my signature

put Ransom now like 50billion e go return before d next 50minute...

Dem dey madt sef.. Where dem dey wen unarmed boys walked into their chamber and walked out wit d mast.. Where are those lawmakers dat scaled d National Assembly fence wen dey were locked out sometime ago? Where was Johnny Bravo Melaye ?

National comedy



Or


National embarrassment

Nigerian politics... smh!
And that slowpoke would contest for a re-run

Let Wait and see now

it's unfortunate OMO-OSHODI or what is he call allowed himself to be use by the northerners. he should ask Jonathan how much he tryed to please them at the end they still betray him. #BRINGBACKOURMACE#

In fela's voice... Arrangee government ooooo
dem go set up enquiry.. & enquiry go close

Hmm

;DNo b here ooo

Whoever that support this show of shame is a threat to our nascent democracy. I move with all circumstances beyond endurance to order the IG of police to arrest the culprits.

The mace ultimate search.
It is well.

Make dem go sabo, dem go see am...

Na everything aboki dey buy.

I'm not a fan of the IGP but on this case the man already has his plate filled and the least of his problem should be an ultimatum from the Senate over their stolen mace.

Were they not sitting like overfed lame ducks in the chamber while the mace was being carted away?.

Are they not men? Why can't they resist the mace thieves?

The snatching of the mace is an affront on our democracy and should be roundly condemned though. But then, are we actually practicing democracy?

I wish is bokoharam to kill evry1 of dem. dem use d mace collect money for bank

All these senators are just jokers.
Honestly, Nigerians should start by protesting against the extravagant and bogus allowances they get.
I wonder how we keep voting low lifers into power.

They are mad

O'lord I pray thee
Give our leaders sense so that they will know that we are not a fool...

the name Nigeria is a joke

Nobody is safe in this country call Nigeria

We are in trouble, just imagine a whole national Assemble with all the security guard. Its a shame ����

Useless people even when the mace dey there it dey useful. God go punish una as una dey suffer common man.

Can't the senators go to another carpenter to carve another Mace or Mould it? are there no Armed Forces stationed at NASS when it happened. naso budget wey get softcopy lost, lol. shithole and dumpshit indeed.
one day, you'll hear buhari has been kidnap in Aso rock.

What a shameful story!

Ultimatum here and there. After 24hrs nothing will still happen toothless bulldogs.

if thugs can manuvre eir way into d upper house with all d security present there it means we are not safe


what am i even sayin we are not safe b4 not to talk of now

Andrewgame42:
Why am I not konsign?? I cannot even react to this kind of news! This country no dey try...! And I won't deny a part of me is happy that this shit happen!( make this politician know how e be when you no get security!) I pray for more thuggery in that house,! Any terrible tin that happen to those politician in that house is a good tin to the average Nigerian

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You're funny

thugs cannot invade their personal houses... But as usual, who cares? Let them look for their useless mace as the people are busy looking for the season of maize.