Johnson Agbonayinma, member of the House of Representatives has called for the prosecution of thugs allegedly hired by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the invasion of National Assembly last Tuesday.
The Edo lawmaker who spoke in response to Senate President Bukola Saraki’s call for prosecution of Directorate of State Security (DSS), described the PDP reports as misleading.
Agbonayinma who stated this in a chat with Legislative Correspondents, gave vivid account of his ordeal amidst the political thugs at the entrance leading to the National Assembly complex on Tuesday.
He observed that the National Assembly “belongs to all political parties and Nigerians, why must PDP thugs block me from entering the complex.
“If I had reacted and stormed the place with other APC lawmakers, can they withstand us? But I chose to be a matured Nigerian. But I equally want the thugs tried in the same vein with the invaders,” he stressed.
Agbonayinma explained that he was rescued by DSS operatives.
“It was even the DSS men that protected me from the rampaging thugs and the question is who brought them there if not the PDP.
“When I got to the gate they were only allowing PDP lawmakers entry into the complex, when we all know that the National Assembly belongs to us all.
“Even when I finally entered the complex, PDP lawmakers told me I had no business being there and it was Senator Matthew Uroghide and Dino Melaye that protected me from assault begging me to calm down.
“This can’t happen in the United States as such thugs will be prosecuted so I demand for their prosecution,” the Edo lawmaker said.
