A heated exchange erupted between Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi of Ebonyi North and former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, during a Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions hearing yesterday. The session was reviewing a fresh petition submitted by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Ezekwesili attended the hearing alongside Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, legal counsel to Akpoti-Uduaghan, and Zubairu Yakubu, the chief petitioner from Kogi Central. While the exact cause of the dispute remains unclear, tensions escalated as Nwaebonyi and Ezekwesili engaged in a verbal confrontation.
The petition under review has drawn widespread attention, though its details were not immediately disclosed. The clash highlights ongoing divisions within the Senate over critical political and governance matters.
