The Nigerian senate has adjourned plenary over the siege laid on homes of Senate President Bukola Saraki and deputy governor, Ike Ekweremadu.
Speaking on the siege, the lawmakers who made contributions on the floor of the senate posited that they could no longer sit under the prevalent circumstance.
Moving a motion on the floor the senate, Chukuwuka Utazi, senator representing Enugu north, said: “This morning, I left Enugu for Abuja. Halfway into the airport, I got a distress call from one of his aides that their entire street has been blocked and no one could go in or out of the compound.
“As we speak, people of Enugu state in Abuja have moved to his house and are there shouting under the rain wondering what is happening to our brother and what offence he could have committed. His family members could not go to work today. We want to know what he has done. We had insinuations that today’s seating is going to be turbulent and will not even hold.
“This is uncalled for. It will not help our democracy. Our people are afraid and are asking that he be given his freedom back.”
Sam Anyawu, senator representing Imo east, said the reason why the homes of the presiding officers were cordoned off should be explained.
“I’m sure by the time some of us will leave here, there will be a siege at our place because it is part of the things we suffer for democracy,” Anyawu said.
“It is unfair that it is within this period that we have a new administration we believe that will protect Nigerians, that Nigerians are now afraid of going to their homes. We demand to know why the police should lay siege at his residence.
“The security agencies should vacate his house and give him official invitation which he will honour. It is Saraki and Ekweremadu today, it could be somebody else tomorrow.”
The senate is expected to resume plenary on September 25.
