Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District, Abba Moro, on Tuesday, emerged Senate Minority leader.
Moro, a two term Senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was nominated by the opposition party in the red Chamber and was subsequently affirmed.
Meanwhile, there was an uproar in the Senate following the announcement of two minority leaders by Senate President Godswill Akpabio who said the new minority leaders had the majority support of their colleagues in the opposition.
He said 41 minority senators signed the document endorsing Moro as minority leader while 30 backed Ngwu for the minority whip seat. The announcement did not sit well with other parties in the minority caucus, especially the Labour Party.
Raising a point of order, Senator Okechukwu Ezea (LP, Enugu North), protested the absence of his party in the minority leadership, describing the arrangement as an injustice against other minority parties.
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