Sen. Shehu Sani (APC – Kaduna Central) has called on all democratic institutions to come together to condemn Wednesday’s attack on the Upper Chamber by hoodlums in which the mace was stolen.
Sani said this in a statement on his Facebook and Twitter pages on Wednesday afternoon.
The outspoken senator condemned the attack, describing it as an “attempted coup d’etat”.
Sani noted that if the presidency and judiciary fail to join the National Assembly to condemn the attack, a similar attack on them could be imminent.
He said, “The armed invasion of the senate stands condemned. Its treasonable, an attempted coup d’etat. Its an assault on democracy and a desecration of an institution of democracy. Those who sanctioned, organized and supported this will someday do that to the Presidency or the judiciary. I salute the courage of those senators who heed to our call to stand firm and defend the parliament and democracy. We appreciate the solidarity of members of House of Representatives. We salute the courage of supporting staff of the senate chambers who fell victims of the armed invaders.”
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