Security Agents Barricade Cross River House Of Assembly After Court Sacked 20 Honorable Members

Heavily armed security personnel have barricaded the Cross River State House of Assembly after the Federal High Court sacked 20 members of the State Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The security personnel comprising of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp, Mobile Policemen, Anti-Kidnapping and Cultism Squad among others are seen in and outside the assembly

At the time of this report, the Assembly gate is shut, staff is not allowed in or out while no House member is on sight.