Two Nigerian senators on Tuesday, November 17 shamelessly, tethered
on the edge of a fist fight right outside the Senate chambers! And over what?
The two senators, Kabir Marafa (APC, Zamfara) and Ali Wakili (APC,
Bauchi) took the ongoing disagreement between the Senate Unity Forum and
Like Minds Group over committees’ distribution in the senate- to a
whole new level of hostility.
As the lawmakers considered the 8th Senate Legislative Agenda during
Tuesday’s plenary session, Kabir Marafa of the Senate Unity Forum, got
on his feet to raise a point of order that the committees which were
being saddled with responsibility in the agenda are not constitutional.
Marafa said they were not approved by the Senate after their
composition, prompting the Senate
President, Bukola Saraki to rule him
out of order, stating that the issue had been addressed in the previous
week, when Marafa himself raised it.
Saraki explained that the votes and proceedings which were adopted by
the senate could also be interpreted as the senate’s approval.
Subsequently Marafa stormed out of the chamber only to be accosted by
Ali Wakili who is a member of the group that supported Saraki to become
Senate president.
Wakili accused Marafa of disgracing the Senate with his unending “point of order”.
And the royal rumble began.
Read what transpired between the senators before the wrestling match began.
Wakili said: “You have come here to disgrace the Senate again. Is this what you want to do for the next four years?”
Marafa: “I will, I will because I am not working for you”.
Wakili: “You cannot sit down there and fight against the Senate.”
Marafa: “I am representing Nigeria and representing my people. And
let me tell you, even the nonsense thing they are saying about
suspension, nobody can suspend a senator”.
Wakili: “You are playing to the gallery. You are playing your script. Who has ever spoken about your suspension?”
Marafa: “Let us talk about issues.”
Wakili: “That is not what your constituency sent you here (to do).”
Marafa: “Are you one of them?”
Wakili: “We are talking of poverty, education. You are wasting your energy here on useless Point of Order. I am warning you.”
Marafa: “ It is not useless. You can’t say that Order is useless.”
Wakili: “I will go to your constituency and see what you have done there.”
Marafa: “Go back. I will go to your own. I was in politics before you when you were wearing uniform”.
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