Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- There was pandemonium on Thursday during the screening of ambassadorial nominees by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs as Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, and his Edo North counterpart, Adams Oshiomhole, engaged in a heated exchange over the suitability of Reno Omokri for a diplomatic posting.

Mr Omokri, a former presidential spokesperson, appeared before the lawmakers alongside four career ambassadorial nominees for screening.

As is customary, the nominees introduced themselves one by one in preparation for questioning.

Soon after, Mr Ndume, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), moved a motion for Mr Omokri and the other nominees to "take a bow and go."

'Take a bow' is a parliamentary tradition that...