A lighthearted “truce” between Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Adams Oshiomhole took centre stage during Thursday’s plenary session, as the former Edo State governor playfully called out the Senate leadership for violating an agreement to stop poking fun at past controversies.
Rising on Order 72, Oshiomhole good-naturedly accused the Senate President of breaking their pact following a remark linked to an earlier viral video, which Oshiomhole had dismissed as an AI-generated lie showing him massaging a woman’s legs on a private jet.
Amid laughter from lawmakers in the chamber, Oshiomhole formally reported the violation:
“I want to report to this house that the Senate President and I, we signed a truce of no more hostilities. And the Senate President breached the truce by reverting to a previous matter.”
Reaffirming his commitment to parliamentary harmony, the former governor referred to Akpabio as his “brother,” “leader,” and “president,” declaring that he was dropping his proposed motion entirely while humorously asking the chair to “protect vertically challenged people in the Senate.”
Accepting the gentle reprimand, Akpabio issued a swift, lighthearted apology:
“Let me, first of all, apologise to distinguished Senator Oshiomhole. If whatever I said could have in any way injured him or inferred to offend him.”
The Senate President clarified that his comment was a response to another lawmaker regarding a past debate on an arrest warrant, where Oshiomhole had famously insisted on bringing a suspect in “dead or alive.”
Reassuring Oshiomhole of his protection, Akpabio promised not to bring up past remarks again, noting their long-standing relationship as former governors. He then closed the banter with a witty geopolitical comparison, drawing further laughter from the floor:
“I will not behave like America and Iran. When they have an agreement today and two days later they will bomb each other.”