Ekweremadu briefs Osinbajo on senates mace
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ekweremadu told state house correspondent that the briefing was aimed at preventing future occurrence of such act in the legislature to forestall breakdown of law and order2 and he has sympathized with us over what happened and he is going to join forces with us to ensure that we get to the root of the matter and make sure this does not happen again he said1 deputy senate president ike ekweremadu has briefed vice president yemi osinbajo on the forceful removal of the senates mace by some hoodlums1 according to the deputy senate president when such incidents occur it is imperative that the leadership of the national assembly briefs the presidency immediately1 he added that since senate president bukola saraki was out of the country he had to brief osinbajo as president muhammadu buhari was attending the commonwealth of states meeting in the united kingdom1 i came to brief the vice president to ensure that there is law and order in the country1 when there is this type of development it is important that he is briefed at the earliest opportunity1 the senate president is out of the country so it is my responsibility to come and brief the vice president1 he was in company of the senior special assistant to the president on national assembly senate sen. ita enang1 according to him the invasion of the senate is a threat to our democracy1 the invasion of the parliament is not acceptable to any person it is not acceptable to me it is not acceptable to my colleagues it is not acceptable to the vice president and i believe it is not acceptable to the president he said1 ekweremadu noted that those involved in the act were on their own1 i appeal to the media to help us bring an end to this brigandage so that people have to behave in a very responsible manner1 but let me assure you that we are on top of the situation we continued our sitting today and we are going to continue tomorrow ekweremadu stated1 he said that the police were still investigating the matter and that the senate would find out those who aided the coming of the invaders1 i believe some of them have been arrested and we will get to the root of the matter he declared.nan1