Hundreds of placard carrying protesters stormed the National Assembly on Tuesday morning, protesting against the planned suspension of Senator Kabiru Marafa over alleged unguided statements against the Senate and the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
The group, Open Society Coalition, demanded for the immediate resignation of the Senate president in order for him to focus on his trial at the CCT.
Saraki is currently facing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over alleged failure to declare his assets.
The group had banners with various inscriptions at the entrance of the National Assembly such as: Suspend Saraki, not Marafa; Stop suspending members, leave the Senate and face CCT; Democracy survives in inclusiveness, not in suspending people of different opinion; National Assembly, centre of Democracy not Fascist centre.
There has been speculation that the Senate Committee on Ethics may recommend the suspension of Marafa when it presents its report at plenary today.
Senator Marafa has been under fire over an alleged unguided statement made against the leadership of the Senate and credited to him.
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