There was mild drama, on Monda morning, as security officials locked the gate of the National Assembly and refused to allow members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) into the complex.
The lawyers were staging a peaceful protest in solidarity with judiciary workers who were protesting financial autonomy, according to a Channels TV report.
They had earlier converged on the entrance to the Court of Appeal before proceeding to the National Assembly in their numbers, to register their demands.
Security officials on sighting the lawyers in their vehicles locked up the two gates to National Assembly.
“People like you can’t just be in the National Assembly…” one of the security officers told the lawyers.
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