Lawmakers at the Benue State House of Assembly, clashed and fought dirty on Tuesday following a letter addressed to the Speaker by members of the APC to appoint majority leader.
Following a letter addressed to the Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly by members of the APC to appoint majority leader for the Assembly, Lawmakers at the Assembly clashed and fought dirty as the video of the clash goes viral.
The APC and the PDP’s free for all fight at plenary reportedly started when the Speaker of the Benue Assembly, Mr Terkimbi Kyange, read APC’s letter in which it claimed majority after a lawmaker of the PDP defected into its fold, which gave it a marginal lead over the PDP.
The lawmaker in the eye of the storm, Mr Nick Eworo, hinged his defection on his expulsion from the PDP at the local government level. The PDP lawmakers quickly arrested the reading of the letter via a motion to declare the seat of Mr Eworo vacant in line with Section 190 of the 1999 constitution.
Points of order for and against the motion of the PDP lawmakers to declare Mr Eworo’s seat vacant flew from all directions. Mr Kyange overruled the PDP lawmakers’ motion, declining the request to declare the said member’s seat vacant.
The APC-PDP clash soon degenerated into a free for all physical combat and fighting, while some female lawmakers scampered for safety after heated argument with other colleagues. The Sergeant At-Arm quickly removed the mace while fighting was going on.
Watch the video below;