BREAKING: Police take over Cross River assembly after court sacked lawmakers

Security operatives have taken over the Cross River state house of assembly.

The security operatives include officers from the anti-kidnapping squad, cultism squad, and regular policemen.

The officers were seen around the routes leading to the state house of assembly while movement into the assembly complex was restricted.

The development comes after a federal high court in Abuja sacked 20 members of the state house of assembly following their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC).