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By Emmanuel Adeleke
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, requested an urgent executive session of the Senate during plenary after the Senate Chief Whip, Sen Ali Ndume, stormed out of the chamber after being ruled out of order.
Ndume, representing Borno South under the All Progressives Congress (APC), raised a point of order on alleged errors committed and not corrected by the Akpabio.
The error referred to by Ndume was a motion moved by Senator Summaila Kawu (NNPP, Kano South), for a debate on the need to re-open Nigerian-Niger band isorder, without stating the title of his motion.
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.
”This is the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guided by laws, rules and procedures. If in the course of proceedings at any session, errors are observed, they must be corrected before forging ahead with such proceeding,” Ndume said.
Akpabio quickly interjevted him by saying having ruled on issues raised, it can not be revisited and consequently ruled Ndume out of order.
Senator Sunday Karimi (APC, Kogi West), spiritedly attempted to sustain Ndume’s line of argument through another point of order but was also swiftly ruled out of order by Akpabio.
Akpabio’s action made Ndume to stayed a walk out from the Senate chamber.