Why Police sealed off Nasarawa Assembly complex

By Sunday John

Operatives of the Nasarawa Police Command sealed off the state House of Assembly Complex, to avert a breakdown of law and order.

This comes after two speakers emerged for the seventh assembly.

DSP Ramhan Nansel, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) said this on Wednesday in a statement in Lafia.

Nansel said that the action was due to a directive by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Maiyaki Mohammed-Baba.

He said that the commissioner gave the directive after consultation with other security agencies in the state.

Members-elect on Tuesday, June 6 held two parallel proceedings resulting in the emergence of two different speakers for the assembly.

An unusual heavy security presence was noticed at the complex on Wednesday.

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