Biodun Olujimi, deputy minority
whip of the senate, says she was accidentally hit while her aide was beaten up
by Kingsley Oti, leader of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria
(PASAN).
Olujimi said this in reaction to
an uproar at the National Assembly Complex on Monday, resulting from a fight
that broke out between her aide and the PASAN leader.
The lawmaker had reportedly
ordered her security detail to “slap” Oti for attempting to ride in the same
elevator with her.
Recounting the incident to PUNCH,
the senator said she did not order her aide to slap anybody, adding that the
aide got manhandled by Oti and his colleagues.
She said Oti was unruly when he
was prevented from entering the elevator which was reserved for members of the
senate and the house of representatives.
“He got angry that the man was
blocking him from gaining entrance into the lift,” she said.
“And they started to hit him and
tore his shirt. I called him and said, ‘Why are you doing this?’
“He said they own this place. It
was not really about me, it was about if it was right for a member of staff to
assault anybody.
“I insisted that he must follow
me to the authorities. They beat up the security man and tore his shirt. For
what? Because he was doing his job?
“I told them that I am a
politician and I’m not afraid of anyone of them. If I was afraid, I wouldn’t
have been here.”
But telling his own side of the
story, Oti said he only retaliated after he was assaulted by Olujimi’s aide.
According to him, the senator had
held him in a tight grip during the confrontation, causing some buttons on his
shirt to pop off.
Oti said: “He asked me, ‘Who are
you?’ And I also asked him, ‘Who are you?’
“They were two and the other one
slapped me. Of course, I had to return the slap and there was a fight between
me and the guy.
“It was after the fight that the
woman- the senator- now held me and pulled my shirt.
“Look at it (four buttons
missing), I had to use pins to hold my shirt. I don’t know what her intention
was. That was all.”
The National Assembly Complex is
a four-storey building with four elevators. Each of the four elevators has been
reserved for use by the lawmakers on meeting days.
The reserved elevators are
usually operated by sergeants-at-arms on plenary days to maintain law and
order.
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