Senator Adams Oshiomhole on Thursday playfully accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of breaking a peace agreement they had reached after the latter made a joke referencing one of Oshiomhole’s past controversies during plenary
Their conversation followed a remark by Akpabio that alluded to the video which allegedly showed Oshiomhole massaging the legs of a South African woman aboard a private jet.
Oshiomhole had previously dismissed the clip as being generated with artificial intelligence.
Rising on a point of order, the former Edo State governor reminded the Senate that he and Akpabio had agreed to stop teasing each other over previous incidents.
“I want to report to this house that the Senate President and I, we signed a truce of no more hostilities. And the Senate President breached the truce by reverting to a previous matter with a view to behaving like…” Oshiomhole said as lawmakers burst into laughter.
He continued, “So I told Mr Senate President, the truce is signed. You should not violate, I will not violate.
“You are my brother. You are my brother. You are my leader. You are my president. So that is all I want to say.”
Although he jokingly threatened to invoke Senate rules, Oshiomhole said he had decided to let the matter go.
“I am not going to read the order I am doing. Order 72, I hereby drop it. Just to say, sir, protect vertically challenged people in the Senate. Thank you, sir,” he added.
Responding, Akpabio apologised, saying he had no intention of offending Oshiomhole.
“Let me, first of all, apologise to distinguished Senator Oshiomhole. If whatever I said could have in any way injured him or inferred to offend him,” Akpabio said.
He explained that his comment was made while responding to Senator Ogochi’s reference to an earlier debate over the cancellation of a proposed warrant of arrest.
“I was responding to Senator Ogochi when he referred to the issue that we cancelled the proposed warrant of arrest. Which at that time, distinguished Senator Oshiomhole said we should bring the man dead or alive,” Akpabio explained.
Acknowledging their agreement, the Senate President concluded, “Sorry, we have a truce. No more hostilities. Agreement is agreement.”
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