- The police have vacated the premises of the Akwa Ibom state House of Assembly
- This was in compliance to the order of the Senate given on Thursday, November 22
- The entrances to the building which was said to have been under siege since Tuesday, November 20, are now open
In accordance to the order of the Senate on Thursday, November 22, operatives of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) have just ended their siege on the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Channels TV reports.
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All entrances to the complex had been barricaded right from the morning of Tuesday, November 20. They are, however, opened as the police vacated the premises on Friday, November 23.
The police trucks and the anti-riot officers that had barricaded the road leading to the complex were no longer there.
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Earlier, Legit.ng had reported that the Senate on Thursday, November 22, ordered the police command in Akwa Ibom to withdraw its operatives from the state House of Assembly.
The upper chamber also instructed the force to unseal the building that was barricaded by some security personnel.
In its resolution, the Senate maintained that the police only had the right to enforce laws and bring about orders in the country, but not to prevent lawmakers from gaining entry into the complex of the House.
In his opinion, the deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday said that if care was not taken about the state of things in Akwa Ibom, the trend may spread to other parts of the country.
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