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NASS: We are surprised like every other Nigerian —APC
The All Progressive Party, APC, has said it was unaware before hand of the happenings that played out at the National Assembly on Tuesday.
According to the party, it was monitoring events at the National Assembly like every other concerned Nigerian.
The APC stated this while trying to exonorate itself of complicities in Tuesdays blockage of the main entrance of the National Assembly by the DSS, declaring that the blockade is purely a legislative matter.
It will be recalled that operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) had early Tuesday blocked the main entrance of the National Assembly complex, stopping lawmakers, staff of the Assembly and journalists from gaining entrance.
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The operatives claimed to be acting on ‘orders from above’.
The party stated this in a press statement signed by its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena.
“Our attention has been drawn to mischievous attempts in some partisan quarters to link Tuesday’s developments in the National Assembly to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
“While the Party is monitoring the developments in the National Assembly like every other concerned Nigerian and stakeholder, there is absolutely no basis for all the false allegations and attempt to blame the APC National Chairman for the development there. It is strictly a legislative matter”, it said.
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