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FCT Senator Walks Out After Akpabio Stops Motion On Demolitions
There was a mild drama on the floor of the Senate on Thursday when Senator Ireti Kingibe, representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, stormed out in anger after being prevented from presenting a motion on demolitions in Abuja.
The incident happened during a plenary session, which was said to be proceeding smoothly until Senate President Godswill Akpabio denied her the opportunity to present her motion.
This led to a heated exchange, resulting in the senator storming out of the chamber.
However, the situation was brought under control when other senators waded in and appealed to the senate president to allow the senator to return and present her motion.
Kingibe returned after some miniutes to the chamber and was directed by the senate president to apologise for her actions.
It was gathered that initially, she refused to apologise but later relented after the senate president’s insistence.
Kingibe later said the Federal Capital Territory Administration on the instruction of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike embarked on massive demolition of structures in the FCT and that the exercise was based on illegal structures and non-development of allocated plots of land by the FCTA.
According to her, the current demolition was not in line with due process of court orders and that some persons have suffered untold hardship and loss of properties worth billions of naira.
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