Senate Removes Ndume As Chief WhipFor Criticizing Tinubu: Senate
…As APC asks him to resign his membership of the Party
The Senate, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, announced the removal of Senator Ali Mohammed Ndume (Borno South) as Chief Whip of the National Assembly for daring to criticize President Bola Tinubu.
It was earlier reported on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 that the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, was under intense pressure from some powerful forces within the presidency to remove Senator Ndume as the Senate Chief Whip.
Senator Ndume had earlier said that Tinubu has been caged by some of his aides and prevented from having access to people.
His removal on Wednesday, therefore, was as a result of his recent criticisms of President Tinubu’s government and those he called the new cabal he alleged were more dangerous than those of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
When the motion for the removal of Senator Ndume was put to voice vote at plenary by the Senate President, members of the APC Caucus in the Senate voted in favour of Ndume’s sack as Chief Whip of the Senate.
Senator Ndume was immediately replaced by Senator Tahir Mungono (Borno North).
In a letter addressed to the Senate Caucus by the national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Party also asked Senator Ndume to resign his membership of the APC and join any of the opposition parties he so desired.
The letter by the APC was signed by the APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and the National Secretary, Barrister Ajibola Bashiru.
