The lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the National Assembly, Ireti Kingibe walked out in protest during plenary on Thursday.
Senator Kingibe wanted to bring up a motion concerning the demolition of Paul OSA Ogbeboh Estate in Abuja for discussion during the day’s plenary, but Akpabio wouldn’t allow her to do so.
Akpabio noted that the motion was not listed on the order paper for the day, and the lawmakers were already discussing matters listed for the day’s session, hence could not go back as such would contravene Senate procedures.
Despite her attempts to argue her case as a matter of urgent national importance, Kingibe was unable to convince the Senate President otherwise.
This prompted Kingibe to leave the chamber in protest.
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Senator Ireti Kingibe, after an exchange with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, was said to have walked out of the red chamber in protest after she was disallowed from reading her motion, which, according to the Senate president, was not listed in the order paper.
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