BREAKING: Protesters Take Over Police Headquarters in Abuja

• Protesters from Nasarawa State have stormed the police headquarters in Abuja over the leadership crisis rocking the state House of Assembly
• The protesters are calling on President Bola Tinubu and the inspector general of police to intervene before things get out of hand
• Addressing and calming the protesters, Kingsley Emeka, the assistant commissioner of police, promised the protesters that their message would be delivered to the IGP

FCT, Abuja - Many youths are currently protesting in front of the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The leaders of the protesters disclosed that they have come to Abuja over the crisis at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, The Nation reported.

Nasarawa protesters call on Tinubu, IGP to intervene in state assembly crisis

They are calling on President Bola Tinubu and Usman Baba, the Inspector-General of Police to immediately look into the situation in the state so that it would not get out of hand.

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The police did not immediately respond to the development going on at the Force Headquarters.

Some of the inscriptions on the protesters' placards accused Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa of making moves to set the State on fire with his alleged imposition of the speaker.

They urged the IGP Baba to call the state police commissioner, Maiyaki Muhammed Baba, to order.

Governor Sule accused of causing unrest in Nasarawa state assembly

Some of what was written on the inscriptions are: “We want peace in Nasarawa State”; “Nasarawa Assembly must be freed from bondage”; “Assembly elections outside assembly complex is illegal”.

Later in the day, the Assistant Commission of Police, Kingsley Emeka, addressed and calm the protesters.

Emeka said the message of Nasarawa residents would be properly delivered to the IGP, urging them to avoid trouble.

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Recall that crisis engulfed the state's House of Assembly when 2 speakers emerged. The 2 speakers are Balarabe Abdullahi and Daniel Ogazi.

Nasarawa Assembly: I Recognize Balarabe-Abdullahi As Speaker - Gov Sule

Legit.ng earlier reported that Abdullahi Sule, the governor of Nasarawa State, has explained how 2 APC lawmakers became speakers in the north-central state.

Governor Sule said he recognized the speaker who was brought to him by the Clerk of the House, which was the one the law recognized.

According to the governor, he wrote to the Clerk to inaugurate the elected speaker who will then inaugurate other members of the State House of Assembly.

Source: Legit.ng