Saraki, Dogara, join Buhari for dinner in Aso Rock (photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari apologises to
members of the national assembly over a row
they had with security personnel at Aso Rock
- The misunderstanding occurred after the chief
security officer to the president insisted on
searching lawmakers invited for dinner at the
state house
President Muhammadu Buhari has held a
private dinner with the Senate president,
Bukola Saraki, and speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, at the state
house in Abuja on Thursday, October 26.
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The dinner was also attended by the vice
president, Yemi Osinbajo, chief of staff to the
president, Mallam Abba Kyari, the senior
special assistant to the president on National
Assembly (Senate), Ita Enang and senior
special assistant to the president on National
Assembly (House of Representatives), Sumaila
Kawu.
At the meeting, the president apologised to
members of the national assembly over a row
they had with security personnel earlier on
Thursday.
He then said the dinner, earlier arranged for
Thursday, October 26, will now hold on
Tuesday, Cotober 31, according to
presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina.
See pictures of the dinner Buhari had with
Saraki and Dogara below:
NAIJ.com had earlier reported that there was
confusion late Thursday, October 26, when
the president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, the
speaker of the House of Representatives,
Yakubu Dogara, and other principal officers
of the National Assembly were barred from
entering Aso Rock.
The Punch reports that the top lawmakers
were supposed to meet with President
Muhammadu Buhari over the 2018
appropriation bill, but were turned back
when they arrived Aso Rock.
According to the report, the lawmakers had
met at Saraki’s house before leaving for Aso
Rock, the seat of power, in a white coaster
bus.
The report which quoted an aide to one of the
lawmakers as confirming the incident, said
the chief security officer to President Buhari
insisted on searching each of the 20
lawmakers.
All efforts by the lawmakers to resolve the
issue with the security official allegedly failed
making them turn back.

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