Drama In NASS: Why Senators, Aides Can’t Cross Akpabio’s Office Corridor

The National Assembly has issued a directive barring senators, members of the House of Representatives, and their aides from using the long corridor in front of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio’s office.

the Office of the Serjeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, announced the new security restriction in an internal memo circulated on Thursday. The memo emphasized heightened security measures around the Senate Chamber, the gangway, and the corridor.

According to SaharaReporters, the memo—dated October 2 and addressed to the Chairman of Senate Services—was signed by Brig-Gen Etido E. Ekро (retd). It specifically stated that lawmakers and their aides would no longer have access to the White House lobby.

“All aides or personal assistants would not be allowed into the said corridor,” the memo noted, urging senators to communicate the restriction to their staff.

Meanwhile, Senate President Akpabio has disclosed that more governors from opposition parties are in talks to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in alignment with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Akpabio made the revelation in Owerri during the launch of the book “Ten Years of Impactful Leadership of the APC Administration in Nigeria,” authored by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, where President Tinubu also commissioned several projects.

In his goodwill message, Akpabio assured the President to expect fresh defections from opposition states in the coming days.