Lagos lawyer and former President of Aka Ikenga, Chief Goddy Uwazurike, has said that the invasion of the Senate and removal of the mace by thugs suspected to be acting on behalf of suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege is an attempt to intimidate the National Assembly.
Chief Uwazurike, who urged the federal legislators to refuse to be intimidated, said that “the desecration of the hallowed chambers of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a forewarning to those who believe in democracy. The antics of the anarchist is to intimidate the various arms of the government.
“We were all witnesses to the day Justices were humiliated in the dead of the night. The anarchists as expected justified it. Before then, the head and deputy head of the Senate were paraded before various courts like common criminals. Today, a sacrilege to the sanctity of the only upper arm of the legislative body was given a special treatment.
“The arrest of Senator Omo-Agege may be a palliative but definitely not the answer to the question. The people of this country will want to know why. The National Assembly has been very active in recent times. It may not be easy to fathom the real motive of the invasion. Today, the Senate president, his deputy and three outspoken senators are suffering one harassment or the other. I call on the National Assembly not to be intimidated by well trained hoodlums. We are watching.“
