Senator Adams Oshiomhole playfully called out Senate President Godswill Akpabio during Thursday’s plenary, accusing him of violating a peace pact they had reached after reviving an old controversy involving the former Edo State governor.
The moment came after Akpabio made a light-hearted remark referencing a viral video that allegedly showed Oshiomhole massaging the legs of a South African woman aboard a private jet. Oshiomhole had earlier dismissed the clip, insisting it was generated using artificial intelligence.
Rising on a point of order, Oshiomhole reminded the Senate that both he and Akpabio had agreed to stop teasing each other over past incidents, joking that the Senate President had failed to keep his side of the deal.
“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 added, “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.”
Despite the playful complaint, Oshiomhole said he would not proceed with the matter.
“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 said.
In response, Akpabio apologised, stressing that 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,” he said.
Akpabio 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,” he said.
Reaffirming their understanding, Akpabio concluded, “Sorry, we have a truce. No more hostilities. Agreement is agreement.”
Oshiomhole Playfully Calls Out Senate President Akpabio for Breaching Truce Over “Massaging Women’s Legs” Comment
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