Tensions ran high on Tuesday during the hearing of a sexual harassment petition filed by Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the members of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Petitions engaged in a heated exchange with former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili.
While the senators engaged Ezekwesili in a war of words, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) gave the embattled Kogi lawmaker temporary respite as it faulted the petitioners for not complying with the recall guidelines.
Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended by the Senate on March 6 following a heated disagreement with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over a new seating arrangement, which she alleged was designed to undermine her.