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Lawmakers, aides regain access to NASS after DSS siege

Agents of the Department of State Security have left the National Assembly complex after laying a siege there early Tuesday.

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Their exit has now allowed lawmakers and their aides gain entry to the complex.

It comes after operatives of DSS stormed the complex early Tuesday and stopped lawmakers from accessing their offices.

Leaders of both the Senate and House of Representatives have condemned the siege as a “coup against democracy”.

In the wake of the siege, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has fired the DSS head Lawal Daura.

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