Rowdiness characterized resumption of the Senate to plenary on Tuesday, as senators scuffled over seats.
The plenary had started around 11 am and immediately after the procession, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, read out announcements, specifically the names of the lawmakers who celebrated their birthdays while the Senate was on break.
Amid the announcement, Senator Sahabi Yau (APC, Zamfara North) started to raise his voice at Senate leader Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), while he in return pointed his finger at Yau in a manner of warning.
Immediately, Danjuma Goje (APC, Gombe Central) joined his colleague Yau in shouting at Bamidele and the chairman of Senate Services, Sunday Karimi (APC, Kogi West) who was in charge of the seating arrangements.
Seating arrangement in the newly renovated chamber was the cause of the furore.
Reports say some ranking Senators were angry at the seats allocated to them in the front row on the last right side of the aisle.
The Senate President eventually asked them to approach the chair one after the other, but Yau declined.
The rowdy session lasted for about 20 minutes as senators bickered.
After the Senate President read his speech to welcome senators back from recess, the Senate leader, moved that the Senate resolved into a closed-door session.
Thereafter, at about 12:05 pm, the Senate resolved into an executive session.
The Senate had on March 20, adjourned plenary till April 16, but postponed resumption twice to allow for the completion of the chamber, which had been under renovation since 2022.