The national assembly has summoned Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta central, and Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, over their alleged roles in the theft of the senate’s mace. On April 18, Omo-Agege invaded the red chamber with suspected thugs and the mace, the symbol of authority of the upper legislative chamber, was stolen in […]
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The Nigerian Senate said Monday night that it will not stop Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from attending plenary on Tuesday, in compliance with a Federal High Court order. The Senate had initially stated it would not respect the order, since it has filed an appeal, in a higher court. But in a sudden twist, the Senate […]
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The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday inaugurated a joint Senate and House of Representatives ad-hoc committee to investigate the April 18 invasion of the Senate chamber leading to the theft of its mace. Some minutes into the Senate plenary on April 18, the chamber was invaded by men who made away with the mace. […]
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The Nigerian Police has recovered the Senate’s stolen mace that was carted away from the Senate on Wednesday. The stolen item was discovered at a flyover before the Abuja City Gate, where according to ASP Aremu Adeniran, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer Force Headquarters a patriotic passer-by saw it and alerted the Police. According to […]
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The Federal Government has ordered an enquiry into the invasion of the National Assembly and the subsequent snatching of the Senate mace by thugs on Wednesday. The government also expressed shock about the incident. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the security agencies […]
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Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who allegedly led unidentified persons to the upper legislative chamber to seize the mace, says he has left the custody of the police. He was arrested when he returned to the senate after accompanying the suspected thugs to an unknown destination. Omo-Agege sat with his colleagues who reconvened the session after a “spare mace” […]
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Pandemonium is the word that aptly describes the scene at the senate on Wednesday, after suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, from Delta state, stormed the senate with thugs, carting away the mace in the process. Omo-Agege was said to have sneaked in through one of the glass barricades within the national assembly before the mace was […]
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