The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday mandated the Committee on Special Duties to investigate the alleged invasion of the National Assembly complex by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS due to an impeachment threat against principal officers by some aggrieved lawmakers as widely reported on social media.
This was even as Akpabio, who said his attention was drawn to the matter while plenary was going on, denied the allegations, describing them as fake.
He urged the committee, chaired by Senator Shehu Kaka, APC Borno Central, to urgently carry out the investigation and report back within 24 hours.
The Senate President lamented that fake news was gradually taking over the media space.
“There is no limit to what online publications can do. This is total fake news and the impeachment of principal officers did not arise and we are all here in the National Assembly without any controversial issues.
“I learnt that they could click an AI and news will start trending to drive traffic and I am sure the traffic for this fake news is massive by now,” Akpabio stressed.
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