BREAKING: Protesters block National Assembly entrance, demand Saraki’s resignation

Hundreds of protesters have blocked the main entrance of the National Assembly, demanding the resignation of the Senate President Bukola Saraki.


The protesters who marched from the Unity fountain arrived the main entrance of the National Assembly around 11: am. Our correspondent reports that the protest forced the security personnel at the National Assembly to lock the main gate.

The protesters carried flag of the country and placards that reads: “Saraki must go”, “Enough is enough”, among others. The youths made up of various Civil Society Organisations and students, were also demanding that the federal lawmakers should immediately revisit the grey areas identified in the 2016 budget by President Muhammadu Buhari. They also asked 36 senators who had so far collected their own exotic jeeps to return them immediately or face the wrath of Nigerians.