House of Representatives lawmakers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) extraction on Tuesday went into wild jubilation when the news of defection into PDP of 14 APC senators broke to them.
The lawmakers who have been milling in the lobby when the news of the siege in the Senate President’s house broke started chanting various songs of victory.
Some of them that attempted gaining access into the Senate chamber were firmly denied by Sergeant at Arms at the door.
They sang “O my home” a children’s rhyme made popular by Senator Dino Melaye and taunted the Majority leader, Femi Gbajabiamiila who happened to chance by at the time.
They mobbed him and many could be heard shouting “minority leader! minority leader! Conversely, the Deputy Minority leader Chukwuma Onyeama was hailed as “Majority Leader.”
But the atmosphere suddenly changed as the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara came in.
There were screams of “Dogara! Dogara! Dogara!” as they milled around him. until he took refuge in his office at the White House.
Plenary has just began and signs of tension in the air is apparent
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Source: The Nation Newspapers
