Uproar in Senate over Trump’s invasion threat

While Akpabio said, “Who am I to answer Trump, Barau quickly got up and said, “I’m not scared of Trump. I will say my mind. I’m a Nigerian. Nigeria is a sovereign nation. I’m a parliamentarian.

“I’m the deputy senate president, I can speak. I’m not scared of Trump. Don’t be scared of Trump. You can say your mind about Trump. We are a sovereign nation”.

The divergence of opinion between the duo on Trump’s threat and tirade against Nigeria came to the fore when Akpabio at the end of plenary made reference to report by RANT HQ alleging that he rebuffed Trump on Nigeria’s classification as country of particular concer .

He said, “Somebody will sit in the comfort of his room and produce a report and produce fake pictures of 2023 when the Senate President with Senators visited Port Harcourt on a very different thing and say, oh, Senate President answers President Trump, who am I to answer President Trump?

“That the Senate President said that Nigerians are not complaining, that we like the way we are living. That Nigerians are not complaining.

“I’ve petitioned the police. I’ve also petitioned the DSS. It is the presidency that will answer President Trump. And all Nigerians are doing their best in that direction. But who is that person that will go and ascribe a comment to the Senate President when he was never met?

“So I believe the Cybercrimes Unit of the police, the DSS and others, should find that character out, because it is meant to cause friction. It is meant to cause friction and put the Nigerian Senate in disrepute.

“Social media should not break Nigeria,”

He however, said the Senate will respond when the direction of the executive is known.

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