Heavily armed security personnel have barricaded the Cross River State House of Assembly after the Federal High Court sacked 20 members of the State Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The security personnel comprising of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp, Mobile Policeman, Anti-Kidnapping and Cultism Squad among others are seen in and outside the assembly
At the time of this report, the Assembly gate is shut, staff is not allowed in or out while no House member is on sight.
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