Nigeria, March 26 -- A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, said she told Ebonyi North Senator, Onyekachi Nwebonyi, to "shut up" during hearing on a petition accusing the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio of sexual harassment because the senator described her and others present as unserious.

Mrs Ezekwesili said this during an interview on Arise Television on Wednesday.

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

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