Trending: Security Agents Take Over National Assembly
Armed and masked officials of the Department of State Services have blocked access into the National Assembly complex.
The security agents arrived at the complex as early as 6.00 am.
The armed men have prevented staff, legislators and journalists from entering the complex.
As it stands, the lawmakers have gained entrance.
Here are photos:
Here are some of the videos of the development currently trending on Twitter
POWERFUL VIDEO : Honourable Boma Goodhead from Rivers State, confronts the masked DSS men blocking the National assembly, What a great woman. The whole world is watching. Cc: @BBCAfrica @AJStream @cnnbrk @AlJazeera pic.twitter.com/w9mxQ1fM1t
— Oluyemi Fasipe ?? (@YemieFASH) August 7, 2018
This is an SOS call @UKParliament @10DowningStreet @WhiteHouse @EmmanuelMacron @UN @PaulTArkwright to help us #SaveOurDemocracy because we have #TryrantInPower who have ordered men of the Secret Service not to allow senators of the @OfficialPDPNig into @NGRSenate pic.twitter.com/Lc4fZk2LuT
— henry onwugbenu (@henryonwugbenu) August 7, 2018
Sen Ben Bruce speaking on the seige of National Assembly by DSS operatives.
“we are being invaded by state security.”#SaveOurDemocracypic.twitter.com/5KoUXTmbJU— Nigeria’s Very Own (@kabiyesiClinton) August 7, 2018
