Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS and men of the Nigeria Police have laid siege to the Abuja homes of President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
The security operatives arrived at the homes in the early hours of Tuesday.
Those at Saraki’s Maitama residence, however, left around 7:30am when the Senate President was said to have left the premises.
The operatives, however, are still at the Apo residence of Ekweremadu.
However, Bamikole Omisore and Olu Onemola, aides of the senate president, said he is being held back from honouring the invitation by the police over the robbery incident that took place in Offa, Kwara state, in April.
“The @PoliceNG have blocked the Senate President @BukolaSaraki’s convoy at Lake chad junction on his way to report to the police headquarters upon the last night invitation by the police received at 8pm,” Omisore tweeted.
On Monday, Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), summoned Saraki over the heist.
Idris said there was need for the senate president to appear at the office of intelligence response team (IRT) to make further statements on the incident.
Saraki had responded saying that the invitation is politically-motivated.
The Offa robebry led to the death of over 20 people including police officers. Five commercial banks were robbed.