The Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday
was thrown into a rowdy session as it was about recording the first official
cross-carpeting for the year 2018.
Senator Sonni Ogbuoji ( Ebonyi
South) had come under order 43 of the rules of the Senate to announce his
official defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC).
Members of the PDP and APC didn’t
allow Ogbuoji to finish when the floor was thrown into rowdiness, with the APC
Senators dragging the new defector to their wing while PDP lawmakers scampered
to rescue him to their wing.
Having brought the floor to
decorum, Senator Ogbuoji, in a twist of event, announced that he was
withdrawing his earlier announcement.
“I came under order 43 with the
intention that I needed to make some declarations this morning. But my party,
the PDP felt I had not consulted with them enough.
“So, because of the love they had
shown to me in the past, I’m stepping down my decision to decamp”, Ogbuoji
declared.
Responding, the President of the
Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki who presided over the plenary, did not object to the
withdrawal of statement of defection.
He said, in line with our rules,
we cannot debate on this. But, Senator Sonni, I’m going to keep the whole day
for you, in case you wish to come under order 43 again and perfect your
defection,” Saraki said jokingly.
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