The Senate is currently holding an emergency closed session apparently to appraise the current # EndSARS protests rocking various parts of the country.

No sooner had the senators resumed for the day ’ s plenary , the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan , called for an emergency session .

Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Femi Gbajabiamila , had over the weekend, met with the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd . ) , at Aso Villa in Abuja .

Top discussion at the meeting was the ongoing protests against the scrapped Special Anti- Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force .
Rising from the meeting held inside the Presidential Villa , Abuja, Lawan told State House correspondents that the country and its leaders are passing through a trying time .

He told the protesting youths that it was time for them to stop the protests since the government has already started attending to their demands.

However , the youths have insisted that until there are visible changes , they won ’ t leave the streets .

The # EndSARS protests rocking the country have continued for almost two weeks with youths calling for a lasting reform of the Nigeria Police Force .

All entreaties by politicians and business leaders for the youths to leave the streets failed as they block major highways , thereby , causing gridlock and affecting economic activities.

Suspected hoodlums had also hijacked the # EndSARS campaign in some cities, wreaked havoc on citizens and vandalised public assets in Lagos , Benin , Abuja, amongst other major cities.

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