The Senate resumed the screening of Festus Keyamo as a ministerial nominee and apologised for his misconduct as a minister under the last administration.
His apology was accepted by the lawmakers and was asked to take a bow and thus ended the screening of 48 ministerial nominees.
Earlier Senator Darlington Nwokocha accused Festus Keyamo of disrespecting the 9th National Assembly when he was Minister of State for Labour and Productivity.
Nwokocha’s motion was immediately seconded by his colleague from Abia-South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe.
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, thereafter subjected the motion to a voice vote but the lawmakers were divided on the matter.
The red chamber immediately erupted into a rowdy session. Amid heated argument between the lawmakers, Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, called for a closed-door session.
A visibly worried Akpabio rose to his feet and announced that the Senate would enter a closed session left for the Villa to brief Mr President of the latest development.
He came back to reconvene the sitting and took Keyamo on.
