The National Assembly management has reacted to media report that its complex was under siege by the Department of State Security, saying that the report was malicious, fake and mischievous targeted at misleading the public.
In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Director of Information, Agada Emmanuel urged the public to discountenance the said report, explaining that the video clip suggesting the incident happened in 2018 and has nothing to do with the 9th Assembly.
The statement said, the complex was under construction and wondered where the incident happened, noting that the new Clerk to the National Assembly, Sani magaji Tambuwal and his Management team are fully in charge, focused and determined to achieve their set goals in line with their core mandates to motivate the workforce to provide the expected support services to the National Assembly leadership/ members, federal Government and the general public.
“It is therefore intriguing to understand what motive this mischief marker set out to achieve with the repost, gauging the political mood of the country and the fourth coming general elections.
“Accordingly, the members of the National Assembly, Staff and the general public are to discountenance the said unverified malicious, mischievous and misleading reposted video as fake news in it’s entirety. as the National Assembly members currently on recess and staff are not under any siege by the DSS.”
