The police have arrested the lawmaker representing Delta Central senatorial district, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who is an alleged mastermind of the Senate invasion in the morning today (Wednesday).
Channels Tv reports that Senator Omo-Agege was picked up by the police on Wednesday afternoon in Abuja, possibly in connection with the invasion of the Senate by hoodlums.
The Senate leadership condemned the invasion while accusing Senator Omo-Agege of leading the hoodlums to plenary to seize its symbol of authority.
“This action is an act of treason, as it is an attempt to overthrow a branch of the Federal Government of Nigeria by force, and it must be treated as such.
“This action is also an affront on the legislature, and the Leadership of the House has come to express their support against this action,” the Senate said in a statement by its spokesperson, Senator Sabi Abdullahi.
The Senate, jointly with the House of Representatives, ordered the heads of the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Service (DSS) to recover the mace within 24 hours.
They asked the security agencies to move into action and immediately mobilise their personnel to retrieve the mace and apprehend the mastermind and the perpetrators of the act.
Apparently, in response to the directive, Senator Omo-Agege was carted away in a police vehicle from the premises of the National Assembly in the nation’s capital.
A gang of hoodlums had invaded the Senate Chambers and disrupted the ongoing proceedings in the plenary.
The invaders snatched the mace and took it away.
Reports say the men are supporters of Senator Ovie Omo- Agege who was suspended last week.
However, there is heightened security at the National Assembly and the Senate has gone into a closed-door session.
The snatching of the mace comes a week after Senator Omo-Agege wassuspended by the Senate for 90 Legislative days.
The Senate suspended the Senator during plenary over the remarks he made at a press conference that the amendment of the 2010 Electoral Act which changes the sequence of elections set by INEC is targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari.
Although the Senator on February 21, 2018, apologised to the Senate over his comments about electoral act Amendment.
