Popular Nigerian activist, Omoyele Sowore has commended the former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili for not backing down when she clashed with Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi as captured in a viral video.

DAILY POST recalls that Senator Nwebonyi, lawmaker representing Ebonyi North Senatorial District and Dr Oby Ezekwesili, had a heated verbal clash on Tuesday.

The confrontation occurred during an Ethics Committee hearing on sexual harassment allegations involving suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central and Senate President Godswill Akpabio.


In an interview on Channels TV, Senator Nwebonyi explained that the altercation started when Ezekwesili tagged him as a hooligan and asked him to shut up.

Reacting, Sowore in a post on his official Facebook page on Wednesday, said Nwebonyi’s behaviour suggested that the upper legislative chamber is “clearly a waste of resources” and should be scrapped.

“Look at this individual’s behavior and explain to me why the Nigerian Senate should not be scrapped, as it is clearly a waste of resources to send unproductive representatives to a rubber stamp assembly.

“I commend Oby Ezekwesili for not backing down”, Sowore wrote.

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