The United Action Front of the Civil Society, UAFCS, has condemned the “invasion” of the Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday by armed security operatives purportedly in a bid to halt the proceedings of the Assembly.
In a press statement issued last night and made available to The Frontier, the group said, “it’s a taboo for security operatives of the state to intrude and interfere in the democratic affairs of any government organ especially the parliament of the people for whatever reasons or under any circumstances.”
Signed by its chairman, National Coordinating Council, Olawale Okunniyi, the statement further stated that, “Consequently, we hereby call on the leadership of the Department of State Services, DSS, to immediately withdraw its men from the current interloping in the internal democratic affairs of the House of Assembly and ensure its men comport themselves within the civility that guides democratic rule world over henceforth, as Nigeria cannot afford to revert back to Police State of the dark days of Abacha military rule.”
