DISAGREEMENT among senators and House of Representatives members over procedure disrupted the 2025 budget defence of the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday.
A shocked Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, looked helplessly as he watched the unfolding altercations among the lawmakers.
Egbetokun was at the National Assembly to present the police’s estimates to the Joint Senate/House Committees on Police Affairs.
At least one senator, Onyekachi Nwoebonyi (Ebonyi-North), angrily abandoned the session in protest, saying that his privilege had been breached.
Trouble started as the IGP read his budget speech, specifically highlighting the provisions made for various projects, including the plan to put in place five zonal police headquarters in the country.
A lawmaker from the House of Representatives, Hon. Mark Esset, began interjecting, disputing the figures reeled out by the police chief.
According to him, the figures the IGP read were different from those contained in the copies…
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