Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, a member of
the house of representatives from Edo state, has accused his colleagues in the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of sending thugs to assault him.
He said but for Dino Melaye,
senator representing Kogi west, and another senator who “protected” him, he
would have been attacked inside the National Assembly Complex on Tuesday.
Agbonayinma was one of the few
lawmakers in the All Progressives Congress (APC) who came to the complex during
the security siege that lasted for hours.
Addressing journalists in Abuja
on Thursday, the lawmaker alleged thugs hired by the PDP accosted him at the
entrance of the complex.
“The national assembly belongs to
all political parties and Nigerians why must PDP thugs block me from entering
the complex?” he said.
“If I had reacted and stormed the
place with other APC lawmakers, could they have withstood us?I chose to be a
mature Nigerian. I equally want the thugs tried in the same vein with the
invaders.
“The DSS also protected me from
the rampaging thugs and the question is who brought them, there if not the PDP.
“Even when I finally entered the
complex PDP lawmakers told me I had no business being there and it was senators
Matthew Uroghide and Dino Melaye who protected me.”
The lawmaker called for a probe
of the alleged assault, saying: “This can’t happen in the United States as such
thugs will be prosecuted. I demand for their prosecution.”
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