It was drama in the house when James Faleke who was infuriated by an unprecedented photograph of himself ordered the confiscation of the phone.
James Faleke
There was a mild drama on Thursday at the venue of the ongoing defence of the 2016 Budget before the House of Representatives as a member, Honourable James Faleke ordered the seizure of a phone snapshot taken during the budget defence of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), according to the Nigerian Tribune.
The lawmaker was furious at a photo shot taken at him with a phone camera and quickly ordered that the phone be seized by the Committee secretariat staff and brought to him at the budget session.
Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology Hon Beni Lar, who was seated with other lawmakers were in-between the budget figures of the ECN before a snapshot flashed on Faleke who immediately called for the photographer.
Consequently, the budget defence was temporarily stalled as Hon Falake insisted on getting to the root of the matter as to why his picture was taken without his consent
However, a staff of the ECN, Mr Bala Mohammed stated that he unknowingly took the photo shot and quickly apologised, saying that he mistakenly took the photograph with his malfunctioning android phone.
Apologising to the lawmaker, he explained that it was an attempt to switch-on the phone, which he noticed had switched-off that led to the snapshot.
Faleke later soft-pedalled on his request for the seizure of the phone and rather asked the erring staff to delete all his recent photoshots which he did.