Natasha’s suspension: Sen. Nwaebonyi, Ezekwesili Engage in Heated Exchange at Senate Committee Hearing

You call yourself Ezekwesili, a hooligan.

Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s recent petition against the president of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, abruptly ended on Tuesday when Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, the senator representing Ebonyi North, and former minister of education Oby Ezekwesili engaged in a heated exchange.

Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who had recently been suspended for six months on the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions, was the subject of the heated exchange that persisted as Ezekwesili defended the senator.

At the hearing held by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, Ezekwesili, along with Mr. Abiola Akiode, the petitioner’s attorney, and Mr. Abiola Akiode.

According to Persecondnews, Yakubu attempted to speak while Senate Committee Chairman Neda Imaseun was already in the audience.

Sen. Nwaebonyi cut off Yakubu’s microphone, but the situation escalated when Ezekwesili attempted to intervene.

Ezekwesili reacted by directing the senator to “compose himself and stop making noise,” which sparked a fiery outburst.

You’re a fool, Nwaebonyi retorted at Ezekwesili in a furious retort. By that, exactly? Why do you speak in that manner to me? I’m not going to accept it. You insult the dignity of a woman. You and other people cannot be here.

Nwaebonyi was later referred to as a “hooligan” by Ezekwesili, which further heightened the heated exchange between them.

Order was eventually restored despite the brief derailment caused by the intense verbal exchange.

Sen. Imaseun intervened shortly after to say that the matter was already being heard by the court, which quickly brought the session to a close.

Persecondnews is aware that the Senate President was the subject of a sexual harassment complaint filed by the suspended senator on March 6 after the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions disregarded her earlier petition on March 5.

She charged Akpabio with sexual harassment in her petition.

She added that she has been subjected to victimization in the Senate because she turned down his advances.

Source: Per Second News