Festus Kayamo (SAN), a former minister of labour and productivity, being screened in the Senate earlier today, when things got heated. Abia Central senator Darlington Nwokocha made a motion to halt the screening, and Abia South senator Enyinnaya Abariba seconded it.
As the drama proceeded, the parliamentarians split into two groups, one requesting that the former minister’s screening be suspended and the other insisting that it continue.
VOP NEWS gathered that Nwokocha asserted that the former minister must resolve any matters that are connected to accusations of corruption in which he was implicated.
Nwokocha said that because they owed the Nigerian people an explanation, they should take advantage of the fact that he was being screened and ask Keyamo to address all outstanding questions before the screening could continue.
When questioned how he arrived at the amount, Nkwocha, a junior minister in the Ministry of Labour and Productivity, replied that it wasn’t from the moon.
Opeyemi Bamidele, the majority leader in the Senate, moved that the members convene behind closed doors in order to settle matters of national importance in order to defuse the tense situation.
Before the drama began, Keyamo was in good spirits when he told the senators that he did not anticipate being nominated by President Bola Tinubu because he had already packed his bags for a trip when he learned he had made the list.
Let’s take a listen to the motion raised by Senator Darlington Nwokocha and Eyinnaya Abaribe.
