The clash, which almost turned into a rowdy session, forced the Senate President to call for a closed-door executive session that lasted for hours.
The motion on the border, moved under a matter of urgent national importance of the Senate Standing Rules by Senator Summaila Kawu of NNPP Kano South, for debate by Senators, allegedly had no specific title and Senator Ndume raised a Point of Order to correct the “error”.
Ndume who rose through Order 51 of the Senate Standing Rules, requested the Senate President to allow for correction of any error made or observed in plenary.
But the Senate President quickly interrupted him by saying having ruled on issues raised, it cannot be revisited and consequently ruled Senator NDUME out of order.
Angered by Akpabio’s decision, Ndume packed his documents and furiously stormed out of the chamber.
Senators hurriedly went into a closed-door session which lasted for hours and affected the items on the Order Paper for the day.
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