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By Madu Obi
The Nigerian Senate witnessed a rowdy session at the resumed plenary on Tuesday as the senators fought over the seats.
Immediately the Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, read out the names of the lawmakers who had celebrated their birthdays while the Senate was on break, Senator Sahabi Yau (APC, Zamfara North) raised his voice at the Senate leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central).
Bamidele, in return, pointed his finger at Yau, giving him a stern warning and other senators joined.
The problem arose because some ranking Senators were angry at the seats allocated to them in the front row, which were on the last right side of the aisle.
The Senate President eventually told them to approach the chair one after the other but Yau didn’t oblige him.
The rowdy session lasted for about 20 minutes as senators bickered.
After the Senate President read his welcome-back speech, the Senate leader, moved that the Senate resolved into a closed-door session.
The Senate after that, resolved into an executive session.
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