Earlier today, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki held a press conference to address yesterday’s invasion of the National Assembly by the men of the Department of State Security (DSS). In his address, the Senate President decried the use of security apparatus to perpetrate unlawful activities capable of endangering our democracy. He further called for a full investigation into the NASS invasion and thanked Nigerians and members of the international communities for their prompt reactions to the invasion of the National Assembly.

ACTING President, Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting behind closed-doors with the acting Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Matthew Seiyefa and the Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has, Wednesday, held a press conference where he condemned Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by armed operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. Saraki, during the speech, said there is a government within the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government that acts against the true change Nigerians voted in the administration in 2015.

THE Presidency Wednesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari was aware of the termination of the appointment of Lawal Daura by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo.

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has, Wednesday, held a press conference where he condemned Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by armed operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS.

Angered by what many called ‘a failed democratic coup’ that took place at the national assembly yesterday, wherein men of the State Security Service, DSS stormed NASS premises and denied access to senators and house of representatives members to the hollowed chamber, the senator representing Bayelsa east, Ben Murray-Bruce, Monday insisted that Lawal Daura, the sacked DSS DG was sponsored by someone.

Who gave sacked Director-General of the Department of States Services, DSS, Lawal Daura the order to invade the National Assembly and deny lawmakers access into their chambers? Who is the famed “order from above” that one of the DSS operatives quoted to have given the order?

Reno Omokri, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide has said that it is a lie to say that the Department of State Services, DSS, Director-General, Lawal Daura, who was sacked yesterday by the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo was working for the Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki.

The All Progressives Congress APC said it has investigated the circumstances surrounding Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by security operatives, and accused the Senate President, Bukola Saraki of sponsoring the plot to foment violence as part of his last-minute bid to halt his impeachment.

The face-off between the executive and legislative arms of the Federal Government which prompted an early morning blockade of the National Assembly by the Department of State Services, DSS, yesterday culminated in the sack of its Director-General, Lawal Daura.