Nigeria, March 26 -- Ebonyi North Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi has said he has no regrets over his heated verbal exchange with former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, during the hearing on a petition accusing the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of sexual harassment.

The senator said this during an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday night.

Earlier on Tuesday, the former minister appeared before the Senate Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions, which conducted a hearing on the petition brought by Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, accusing Mr Akpabio of sexual harassment.

She came in the company of Zubairu Yakubu, who signed the petition on behalf of Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan and the senator's legal ...