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2019: Lawmakers allege fresh clampdown on opposition
Members of the opposition parties in the National Assembly have alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress has perfected fresh plans to start intimidating, arresting and jailing some of their outspoken colleagues.
The federal lawmakers, who spoke in separate interviews with The PUNCH correspondent, on Tuesday said the plan was to keep them out of circulation ahead of the February 16 presidential election.
They vowed to initiate motions on the floors of both chambers of the National Assembly on resumption to prevent the Federal Government from using security agencies to clamp down on the opposition legislators.
Speaking on behalf of her colleagues, the Senate Minority Leader, Biodun Olujimi, said the Federal Government was no longer comfortable with the growing popularity of the opposition, hence the latest action.
The PUNCH, January 9, 2019
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