'CONFERENCE HALL'- SENATORS COMPLAIN OVER POOR QUALITY OF RECONSTRUCTED SENATE CHAMBER. (PHOTO).
‘Conference Hall’ – Senators complain over poor quality of reconstructed Senate Chamber Senators on Tuesday expressed anger over the condition of the reconstructed Chamber, which they described as a ‘mere conference room’. Controversy has trailed the refurbished Senate Chambers since plenary resumed in the facility last week. Last Tuesday’s plenary was trailed by confusion as some Senators quarreled over sitting arrangements in the renovated chamber. During plenary on Tuesday, complaints over the standard of the Chambers led to a rowdy session which lasted for about 15 minutes and eventually forced the Senate into executive session. The Chief Whip of the Senate and lawmaker representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, who raised the issues through Order 42 of the Senate Standing Rules, said, “What is supposed to be a Chamber, has been turned into a Conference Hall”, a development which he said is not acceptable. “Mr President, I rise to make disturbing observations on this supposedly renovate
A 38 year old housewife,Mrs Gbemisola Basorun has been reportedly abducted from her residence in Ikorodu on Tuesday,after evening service.She is a mother of two and an HND graduate of Secretarial Administration,was abducted infront of her apartment at No.5,Basorun Abimbola street,Agodo Alara via Odogunyan Ikorodu Lagos.Eye witnesses said she was returning from church in her private car,a pathfinder SUV with registration number plate KTU 476CM in company of her children when four un identified men riding on a motocycle blocked her car at the entrance of the building.Her first child seven year old Olamide,was about opening the gate for her mother when the gunmen alighted from the motorcycle and one of them pointed a gun at her and ordered her to the back seat where her five year old brother was seated.The boy and his sister were later thrown out of the car by their assailants while two of the men sat with the woman and the other one took over the driver's seat.The motorcyclist and the car were said to have driven off together,leaving the children to their fate.Her husband Abimbola Basorun,who was not around when the incident happened said one of their neighbours put a distress call across to him around 8pm and quickly alerted the police both at Sagamu road,Ikorodu and Ogijo Police Divisions,Ogun statewho later recovered the car the following day but his wife's where abouts remain unknown.
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