Senator Babafemi Ojodu, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, was on Channels today August 8, 2018, to talk about the yesterday’s happenings at NASS

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We were shocked to see hooded operatives of the DSS at the national Assembly. It was very embarrassing to the Acting President. People started calling us to say that it was on television that APC members were being allowed in while PDP members were not. I was immediately instructed to go there and find out what was happening. I went and found about 25 PDP lawmakers sitting in the lobby. I looked around and couldn't find a single APC lawmaker. I went back and asked because what we were told was that the APC senators were inside trying to impeach the Senate president and I found out it was not true so What was happening? I asked the DSS operatives - if you barricaded the gate because you anticipated trouble then how did the legislators inside gain access? Who did you discuss with? The acting President was not aware so who authorised you to mount the barricades? If you are going to take such a measure as a security Chief then you must consult the commander in chief. He needed to be consulted and then he would tell you whether or not to go ahead. But he was in the dark and did not know anything about it. He got to find out about that incident like you and me.

The PDP is given to drama and misleading the public. The other time they alleged that the police had stormed Saraki's house and it later turned out that the vehicles that were used to block his house belonged to the operatives that were attached to his security detail. Something is wrong somewhere. I think they are trying to work on the people's imagination and get some kind of sympathy so they concoct these stories. A member of that PDP caucus alleged that he was kidnapped and had to hide in a tree for 11 hours. All those things are just drama. It is all part of their plot.

Senator Babafemi Ojodu on the Sacking of DSS DG -

President Buhari is on vacation and if you look at the provisions of the constitution, the president committed a letter to the National Assembly indicating that the Vice President would act in his position. He has all the powers of the president. The question of whether or not he consulted the president is not important. What is important is that the Acting President found something that was wrong and he acted quickly to assure Nigerians and the rest of the world that our democracy is on course.

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