Scores of protesting youths under the
aegis of Occupy National Assembly, on Tuesday, besieged the premises of
the federal parliament and demanded the immediate resignation of the
Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
The youths made up of various Civil
Society Organisations and students, were also demanding that the federal
lawmakers should immediately revisit the grey areas identified in the
2016 budget by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Apart from this, they asked 36 senators
who had so far collected their own exotic jeeps to return them
immediately or face the wrath of Nigerians.
The protesters marched from the Unity
Fountain within the Central Area of the city to the National Assembly, a
journey of about two kilometers and forced their way to the main gate,
ignoring all security network mounted by regular and riot police
officers.
The youths forced the main gate closed
thereby preventing staff, lawmakers and visitors from either entering or
leaving the premises.
The protesters, armed with placards
containing various inscriptions, vowed to seal off the federal
parliament for the initial three days to see whether their demands would
be met.
They also said they would resume a
permanent protest that would paralyse all activities in the National
Assembly until all their demands were fully met.
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