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Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission who had been protesting against the planned return of DG Arunma Oteh have backed down after a meeting with the outgoing acting Director General of the commission, Ibrahim Bello.
The workers emerged from a meeting with the outgoing acting Director General of the commission sober without the protesting spirit they displayed earlier in the day.
Oteh did not turn up for work today as was expected though.
Some of them confided in Daily Trust that the acting DG told them to put everything in the hands of God as the government will do whatever it wants to do.
Asked if they had backed down on their demands, the staff said they had not as deliberations still continues on the matter.
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Earlier today, some staff of the Commission had taken up position at the entrance of the Commission's headquarters in Abuja to prevent erstwhile Director General of the Commission, Ms. Arunma Oteh, from entering the building.
Oteh had been sent on compulsory leave in June in the wake of an investigation into the near-collapse of the country's capital market launched by the House of Representatives. The staff believe she plans to resume office today.
Some of the staff who spoke to Daily Trust said Oteh would have to climb over them if she was to gain entry into the building.
However, Daily Trust noticed a youth corps member who was against the protest being led away by the police. Instead of "Oteh must go" which the other placards read, hers read, "Oteh must stay". She kept insisting while being led away, "I am a lawyer; I know my right."
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A pro-Oteh protester being led away by ASP Jimoh Moshood
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Security agents keeping watch outside the building
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