A rowdy drama has played out in the Senate after PDP senators confronted their APC counterparts resulting in a walk out.
The Nigerian Senate
There was pandemonium in the Senate on Wednesday morning as Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) senators staged a walkout after its member,
Senator Yele Omogunwa (Ondo South) formally defected to the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
The defection was announced during plenary by Senate President
Bukola Saraki, who read the notification letter, said Omogunwa’s
decision was in reflection of the recent developments in Ondo State.
This means that all the three Senators from Ondo are now members of the APC.
However, PDP senators were not happy with the development as they
shouted "go, go, go" making which created a rowdy atmosphere in the
senate.
Following the announcement, the Senate Minority Leader, Senator
Godswill Akpabio, raised a Point of Order to protest Omogunwa’s
defection to APC without a cogent reason, urging the Senate President to
declare his seat vacant.
But Akpabio was ruled out of order by Saraki, who also cited
another relevant section of the Senate Standing Orders. Things got out
of hand when Senator Dino Melaye raised another constitutional point of
order, insisting that the PDP was not only fictionalized but that there
was a wide “gulf” in the opposition party.
Consequently, PDP Senators staged a walkout to address the Senate Press Corps.
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