Mr. Dino Melaye, Senator representing Kogi West, has said that the battle to protect democracy is a battle of no retreat, no surrender.
The Senator said this while reacting to the barricaded of the main gate of the National Assembly, by the operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) on Tuesday.
— The Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) August 7, 2018
I am here at the National Assembly. I will not run away. If they like they can shoot me. Bullets did not bring me into office. Ballots brought me into office. I am here. Let them do their worst! pic.twitter.com/zwEW76UQNR
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) August 7, 2018
My dear friend and brother, Hon. Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun, the Deputy Speaker of @HouseNGR, has joined us to resist anti democratic forces. Ballots brought us into office. Bullets cannot get us out of office! pic.twitter.com/ZQGV5QgK4z
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) August 7, 2018
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