The National Assembly has denied reports that the Department of State Services barricaded the gates to the Assembly complex on Wednesday.
The Assembly disclosed this in a statement issued by Mr. Agada Emmanuel, the Director of Information,National Assembly in Abuja on Thursday.
Emmanuel said that the video was misleading and fake news in its entirety, stressing that the National Assembly members are currently on recess and staff are not under any siege by the DSS.
”The reposted unverified video clips was a reported incident that took place in 2018 at the main entrance gate leading into the National Assembly complex.
”The main entrance gate is presently under reconstruction and near completion for commissioning,” he said.
According to him, the new Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Sani Tambuwal, and his Management team are fully in charge, focused, and determined to achieve their set goals in line with their core mandates.
He urged security agencies to investigate the user of the Twitter handle account to forestall future abuse and spreading of misinformation into the media space.
He said such misinformation was capable of creating panic, mischief, and anxiety leading to break down of law and order as this repost might have been intended
