The lawmakers refused to heed the directive of the police and resorted to scaling the fence. Members of Benue State House of Assembly resorted to scaling the perimeter fence surrounding the Assembly complex to access the premises in a bid to avoid police officers on Friday, July 27, 2018.Officers of the Nigeria Police Force had taken over the premises of the Assembly on Friday to prevent two factional groups of lawmakers in the House from conducting legislative business. The officers locked the main entrance to the building.The chaos in the House was due to the recent impeachment of Hon. Terkibir Ikyange as Speaker of the House and election of Hon. Titus Abua as his replacement.After they were prevented from gaining entry into the complex to hold their meetings on Friday, the lawmakers refused to heed the directive of the police and resorted to scaling the fence.Details later.
