Senator Kabiru Marafa (APC-Zamfara), walked out of the chamber over composition of standing committees of the Senate in Abuja on Tuesday, November 17, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Marafa interrupted plenary session during debate on adoption of 8th Senate Legislative Agenda.
According to Marafa, it is illegal for Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to proceed with the matter when the issue of composition of Senate committees had not been resolved.
Saraki ruled him out of order, on the grounds that Senate had adopted the Votes and Proceedings of the previous day.
Irked by the ruling, Marafa walked out of the chamber.
Saraki emerged as the president of the Nigerian Senate after he obtained the support of the opposition PDP caucus in a surprise vote that overturned the wishes of the ruling APC party leadership.
Since then, a faction of senators in the ruling APC have continued to stage protests against Saraki with a view of undermining his authority.
The Buhari presidency has also worked to undermine Saraki by orchestrating a corruption trial at the Code of Conduct Bureau based on an alleged false asset declaration.
