Group plans to disrupt activities at NASS

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- A pro-democracy group alleged some organisations were being sponsored to demonstrate against the National Assembly with Senate President Saraki as the primary target

- The group national secretary, Shehu Mohammed, also alleged that the organisations behind the demonstration may have been offered security protection by the authorities

- The National Assembly earlier issued a 12-point resolution to President Buhari to act on, after a joint session of the Senate and House

A coalition of civil society organisations might stage a protest at the premises of the parliament in Abuja, which may disrupt activities of the lawmakers on Tuesday, June 12.

The National Assembly had, last week, issued a 12-point resolution to President Buhari to act on, after a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives where the lawmakers threatened to make the President accountable if he failed to act on the resolutions.

Vanguard reports that the coalition of civil society organisations warned that the action, if allowed to happen, will do nothing but disrupt activities of parliament.

A pro-democracy group alleged some organisations were being sponsored to demonstrate against the National Assembly with Senate President Bukola Saraki as the primary target.

The group made this known in a statement by its national secretary, Shehu Mohammed, also alleged that the organisations behind the demonstration may have been offered security protection by the authorities.

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The statement read: “We have been reliably informed that some people high in government are sponsoring faceless groups to stage protests against the Senate President and the National Assembly in order to force them into withdrawing their threat.”

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that some politicians allegedly mobilised some youths to protest against the National Assembly leadership.

The planned protest is believed to be a fall-out of the joint decision held by the House of Representatives and Senate on Tuesday, June 5, to invoke its parliamentary powers on the president if he fails to stop alleged harassment of perceived opponents and endless killing of citizens across the country.

The planned protest is being sponsored by a governor from the northwest and spearheaded by Yahaya Bello.

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