Finally! Saraki, Dogara meet Buhari, Osinbajo after initial spat with security

Senate President Bukola Saraki and House Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have finally met with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and Vice President President received the National Assembly leaders at his residence after the lawmakers and other principal officers of the National Assembly angrily left the pilot gate of the presidential villa when security officers insisted on frisking them and putting them through security before allowing them passage.
The officers were scheduled to have dinner with the president and vice president where the proposed 2018 appropriation proposal approved by the Federal Executive Council, FEC, Thursday was to be discussed and a date agreed for the president to present it to a joint session of the National Assembly.
The president’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, in a statement Thursday confirmed the spat at the gate, describing it as a “security mix up.”
He said that the dinner would now hold next Tuesday.
“The new date is occasioned by a security mix up that attended the earlier scheduled meeting.
“Thursday’s dinner meeting was attended by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang and Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (House of Representatives), Sumaila Kawu,” the statement said.