Four major drama dem wey don happen under Senator Godswill Akpabio 10th senate
Di senate hearing wey happen on Tuesday for di petition wey Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan bin write against di senate president Godswill Akpabio, end wit drama and gbas-gbos.
Dis na as one of di senators, Onyekachi Nwebonyi para for former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, wey also attend di hearing to show solidarity wit Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Di incident na one of di many times wey di current 10th senate don charge for drama in less dan two years since dem start work.
Hia na some of di notable ones:
Nwebonyi vs Ezekwesili
Dis na di latest gbas-gbos wey happun for di senate wia di two public figures - Nwebonyi and Ezekwesili - bin exchange words anyhow for national TV.
Di event na for di senate panel wey suppose investigate di sexual harassment accuse wey Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduagha bin accuse di Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Ezekwesili bin tell Nwebonyi to "shut up" as e wan interject during di process, and in response Nwebonyi tell am say "You be fool".
Di matter come hot reach wia Ezekwesili tell Nwebonyi say "you be disgrace to di senate" and Nwebonyi tell am say "you be disgrace to womanhood".
Later for one TV interview, Ezekwesili explain say why she bin tell Nwebonyi to shut up na becos di head of di panel bin don tell dem say dem no dey allowed to speak, yet di senator just dey talk "witout any form of an equivalent treatment".
She add say di reaction of di senator na example of di "disrespectful behaviour" of some public officials for di kontri.
Nwebonyi, wey be di deputy chief whip of di senate, also grant interview wia e tok say e no regret as e change am for Ezekwesili.
"I give am to her. E dey fair for her to address me dat way? As a former minister of di federal republic and a grandmother, ask her first," Nwebonyi tok.
Las las, di hearing no later go on as chairman of di panel, Neda Imasuen, tok say di matter don dey for court and so di senat no go fit chook mouth on top.
Senate vs Abdul Ningi
In March 2024, Abdul Ningi wey dey represent Bauchi Central for di Senate accuse di Nigeria senate say plenty wuruwuru dey for di budget of 2024 wey di senate bin pass in December 2023.
For one interview wit BBC Hausa, Ningi allege say more dan N3.7 trillion no dey tied to any specific project for di 2024 budget.
E say out of di total budget amount of about 28 trillion, sabi pipo find out say di money wey dey attached to specific projects na only about 25 trillion. "Di remaining three trillion, wia dem come from?"
Dis accuse cause plenty gbas-gbos for di senate plenary of 12 March 2024, as di Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele insist say Ningi bin lie to di press so dat di public go put pressure on di Senate President Godswill Akpabio to resign.
"You no go allow dis deliberate mischief by Ningi to go away. E do am on purpose. E know say na lie. E wan set di public against you, and e go do am again. We must apply our sanction," Bamidele tok.
Akpabio later put am to vote and di senators agree to suspend Ningi for three months.
However, dem later recall am bifor dat three months finish.
Senate vs Ali Ndume
In July 2024 anoda gbas-gbos incident happun for di senate chambers involving Ali Ndume, ranking senator wey dey represent Borno South in di north east region of Nigeria.
Ndume bin grant one interview wia e tok say President Bola Tinubu no dey aware of di kind hunger and suffering wey pipo for Nigeria dey go thru, bicos "di pipo for Aso Rock don cage di President".
Dis tok vex di leadership of di All Progressives Congress (APC), di party wey both Tinubu and Ndume belong, sotey di party national chairman Abdullahi Ganduje write letter to senate and tell dem to comot Ndume from im position as di Senate Chief Whip.
Dem accuse Ndume say e dey "bent on dividing di kontri" and say e no dey paint di kontri well for di international community.
Di Senate President Akpabio put di matter to vote and majority of di senators vote 'aye' and dem comot di chief whip position from Ndume give am to Tahir Monguno, anoda senator from Borno State.
To compensate Ndume, Akpabio make am chairman of di Senate Committee on Tourism.
Senate vs Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan
Dis particular gbas-gbos don throw up plenty oda matter, including di accuse of sexual harassment against di Godswill Akpabio, di senate president, but wetin start am na sitting arrangement wahala.
Na during di senate plenary of Thursday, February 20, 2025, wen madam Akpoti Uduaghan bin vex and para for evribodi wen she find out say dem change her sitting position.
According to her, dem carry her go for one corner of di senate wia nobody go dey notice her even wen she raise her hand to contribute to ongoing discussion.
Akpoti-Uduaghan also say nobodi tell her say dem go change her position only for her to come in for plenary and see am.
She para sotee Akpabio bin ask di security pipo to escort her comot from di chambers, but oda senators bin intervene for di matter.
However, many senators wey later chook mouth for di matter say dat na normal procedure for di senate.
"Sitting position fit change anytime and na di senate president get power to assign am, and e no need to inform anybodi or take permission from anybodi.
Dem don change my sitting position two times for dis 10th senate and I no make noise about am," Orji Uzor-Kalu, former Abia State governor and current senator representing Abia North, tok for one interview.
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