Nigeria, March 20 -- The Bayelsa West senator, Seriake Dickson, walked out of the Senate chamber shortly before the state of emergency in Rivers State was approved by the upper chamber on Thursday.

The Senate approved the state of emergency proclamation during the plenary on Thursday, after a closed-door session that lasted for one hour and twenty minutes.

At about 1:40 p.m., just as senators returned from the closed-door meeting, Mr Dickson, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Bayelsa State governor, was seen walking out of the chamber, visibly angry.

Although he did not publicly state the reason for his sudden exit from the chamber, it was apparent that he was not comfortable with the agreement reache...