A heated exchange broke out on Tuesday between Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, representing Ebonyi North, and former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili.
This was during a Senate committee hearing on ethics, privileges, and public petitions.
The confrontation occurred as the committee deliberated on a new petition filed by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Ezekwesili attended the session alongside Abiola Akiode, counsel to Akpoti-Uduaghan, and petitioner Zubairu Yakubu.
Tensions escalated when Yakubu attempted to speak while the committee chairman, Neda Imaseun, was addressing the panel.
Also, he was instructed to mute his microphone.
This prompts Ezekwesili to intervene.
However, Nwaebonyi, who was present as a witness for Akpabio, interjected, leading to a heated exchange between him and the former minister.
“Compose yourself and stop making noise,” Oby Ezekwesili told Nwaebonyi.
Angered by her remark, the senator retorted: “You’re a fool. What do you mean? Why are you talking to me like that? I will not take it. You’re an insult to womanhood. People like you cannot be here”.
Ezekwesili responded by calling him a “hooligan”.
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This further escalates the confrontation and briefly halting proceedings.
Following the disruption, order was eventually restored, and Imaseun announced that the case was now before a court, leading to an abrupt adjournment of the hearing.
