Nigeria, March 20 -- The President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio and Senator Seriake Dickson were, on Thursday, embroiled in a heated argument over the provision of Senate Rules in the handling of debate on the State of Emergency in Rivers State.

Meanwhile, as the red chamber convened for plenary, Leader Michael Bamidele Opeyemi moved a motion for the Order Paper to be re-ordered to allow for the Senate to handle the debate on the state of emergency before any other motion itemized for legislative action.

As Bamidele stood to point out the relevant order, Seriake Dickson\, representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District and former governor of Bayelsa State raised a point of order, to which Akpabio was reluctant to oblig...