Police NASS invasion: My ordeal

The Nation was last week greeted with news of Police invasion of National Assembly complex which yours sincerely witnessed very early in the morning of that Thursday.I was in fact denied access to the National Assembly complex by security men for not carrying my identity card which had been missing for two days before that time. All my pleas fell on deaf ears as they insisted that they were under very strict instructions not to allow people without identity cards in. I was curious because even when I had my ID card they never bothered me and that was why I had not gone to process a new one. However I went back to the car park to think of how to access the complex and decided to walk out of the gate and access the place by hitching a ride with a colleague which I did but was still pointed out by the security men and told to come down at the gate. As I was still contemplating what to do after coming down The Speaker of the House of Representative Hon. Aminu Tambawal’s motor Cade came along but was stuck in the traffic. After some minutes the speaker came down from his car with other House members of the All Progressive Congress APC who were with him and walked to the gate which was already locked by policemen but was denied entry. It however took the ingenuity of members in their scores that saw the Speaker and members gain entrance to the complex after they beat the security network to force the main gate to the National Assembly open. Some members, including the Minority Leader, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, Deputy Minority Leader, Hon Abdulraham Kawu, Bimbo Daramola, Samuel Adejare, among others, were forced to climb through the gate before they could gain entrance into the National Assembly complex. Older men like senator Bukar Abba watched in awe as the younger once scaled the gate Immediately the Speaker and some members who were with him gained entrance into the National Assembly, policemen who were preventing them from entering the complex resorted to the use of tear gas to scare them away including myself but members had to cover up the Speaker and they made straight to the chamber of the House. The following dialogue ensued between the Speaker and the security operatives: Speaker: (Laughs) Excuse me, can I please access the premises of House of Representatives for me to go and preside over the House? My name is Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the Speaker of this House. Can anyone answer me, please? Speaker: Officer how are you? Approach me please. Have you identified me? Mr Wilson, please come.. Even when he introduced him self as the speaker the policemen ignored him which led to the anger of other APC house members who started shaking the gate and shouting ''Kill us all Kill us all'' At this time tempers had risen and Members buoyed by the shouting started climbing the gate to the amazement of the crowd that had gathered Seeing that they couldn't stop what was happening the policemen opened the walkway for the Speaker who now walked into the complex but had to trek to the chambers were all hail was let loose as Policemen tried to prevent him from gaining access into the Chambers of the House of Representatives started firing tear gas at the advancing lawmakers On entering the lobby of the NASS the whole place had been engulfed with smell of tear gas many people were seen running from the building with their hands covering their nose it was totally pandamonic . Staff and visitors alike deserted the ever busy lobby of the complex. The only place I could run into was the press centre and thank God it was open. What a day.