Nigeria, March 19 -- Two female members of the House of Representatives, Marie Ebikake and Blessing Amadi, on Wednesday, engaged in a heated argument over the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu.

The argument started a few minutes before the commencement of the plenary as a general discussion among lawmakers about the political crisis in Rivers.

However, tensions escalated when the two lawmakers began to exchange words, pointing fingers at each other in a heated dispute over the legality and necessity of the emergency rule.

Mrs Ebikake represents Brass/Nembe Federal Constituency of Bayelsa State, while Mrs Amadi represents Port Harcourt 2 Federal Constituency of Rivers State.

Other lawmakers, i...