Protesters under the aegis of Concerned Citizens of Abia North, Abia State Tuesday stormed the National Assembly, calling on the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, toas a matter of urgency, declare vacant, the seat of the Senate Majority Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, All Progressives Congress, APC, Abia North.According to the group, declaringthe seat would enable the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to conduct a fresh election to elect a Senator who will represent Abia North Senatorial District in the Senate.The protesters carried placards with inscription as follows:” Senate President obey section 68(1)(f) of the Constitution and declare Abia North Senatorial seat vacant; ”Our voice must be heard, declare Abia North Seat Vacant now”; ” Declare Abia North Seat in the Senate Vacant”; ” Abia North Constituents are saying declare the Seat Vacant.”Reading a prepared letter on behalf of the group, Chukwudi Chukwu said, “We are indigenes of the five (5) Local Government Areas: Arochukwu, Bende, Isuikwuato, Ohafia and Umunneochi that make up the Abia North Senatorial District of Abia State.“We formally notify Your Excellency of the absence of ourSenator Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, from the senate. The conviction and incarceration of the senator representing Abia North, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu leading to his long absence from the National Assembly has effectively silenced our voices.Abia North constituents have no representation in the Nation’s highest deliberative body and cannot participate in matters thataffect them.“Citizens in Abia North Senatorial District have every cause to feel abandoned, angry, less optimistic about their future because they have no representation in the senate. Democracy thrives and is significantly enriched when citizens participate in the process, and can speak through their elected representative.“Denying citizens the right to be represented inspires disaffectionand provokes contempt for both the Legislative body and the democratic process. More fundamentally, it does grave violence to the democratic imperatives of representation.