Senator opposed to emergency rule in Rivers bickers with Akpabio, walks out of chamber

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…