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PDP Reps Stage Walkout Over Twitter Ban, As Gbajabiamila Overrules Demand

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives have staged a walkout over the refusal of the Speaker, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, to grant their prayer on the Federal Government’s Twitter ban.
Gbajabiamila had earlier asked relevant committees of the House to investigate the matter within 10 days.
The Leader of the PDP caucus, Hon Kingsley Chinda, much later, raised a point of order to make an additional prayer that the House asks the Federal Government to lift the ban pending when the House carries out the probe.
Chinda noted that the implication is that the ban would remain for 10 days, which means the rights of Nigerians would be kept in abeyance during the period.
Gbajabiamila, however, cited part of the Standing Orders of the House stating that a matter that had been concluded by the parliament cannot be revisited for a debate.
The Speaker, therefore, ruled Chinda out of order, a decision that did not go down well the members of the opposition.
Insisting on speaking and several leaders of the House shutting him down, Chinda led other PDP members out of the chamber.
They later addressed journalists to say the action was in defence of Nigerians.
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