A fight broke out at the public hearing of the Petroleum Industrial Bill organized by the House of Representatives on Thursday.
The fight started when the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas were called up to make a presentation.
Some other bodies of host communities, however, stood up, leading to a rowdy session.
Things got worse and members of the opposing sides began to exchange blows, forcing the lawmakers to seek the intervention of security operatives.
Leaders of the oil-rich areas had on Tuesday, openly rejected the 2.5% proposed for them in the Petroleum Industry Bill 2020.
But Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, faulted the position of the host communities, who are hellbent on collecting 10% of the operating expenditure of the oil firms to set up a trust fund.