BREAKING: National Assembly Tightens Security, Bars Aides From Senate Corridor In Front Of Akpabio’s Office

The Office of the Serjeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja has notified lawmakers of reinforced security measures around the Senate Chamber, the gangway, and the corridor.

According to an internal memo which SaharaReporters obtained, dated October 2, addressed to Chairman, Senate Services and signed by Brig-Gen Etido E Ekρο (retd), the long corridor passing the front of the Senate President's office from the White House lobby would be restricted to the senators and members of the House of Representatives.

"All aides or personal assistants would not be allowed into the said corridor," the memo indicated.

It requested that the lawmakers should disseminate the information to their aides and personal assistants.

Days ago, SaharaReporters reported that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, launched a scathing attack on Senate President Godswill Akpabio, accusing him of running the National Assembly like a “dictatorship” and treating her as though she were his “domestic staff.”

Akpoti-Uduaghan had made the remarks while addressing journalists in Abuja immediately after resuming her office, which had been sealed for six months following her controversial suspension by the Senate leadership.
SaharaReporters had monitored the briefing.

The Senator, who returned to her office in Room 205 of the Senate wing after security personnel and the Serjeant-at-Arms formally unsealed it, said her ordeal was a test of resilience against injustice.