- Resign your Party’s membership now – APC tells Ndume
The Senate, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 announced the sack of Senator Ali Mohammed Ndume (Borno South) as Chief Whip of the Upper chamber of the National Assembly.
Forefront News 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 get Senator Ndume out of his position in the Senate for daring to criticise President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The outspoken lawmaker pointedly alleged that the President has been caged by some of his aides and prevented from having access to people, including Ministers.
Wednesday’s sack of Ndume therefore followed his criticisms of President Tinubu’s government and those he called the new cabal, alleging they 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 his 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 asked Borno Senator to resign his membership of the APC and join any of the opposition parties he so desired.
The APC’s letter was signed by Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and Barrister Ajibola Bashiru, National Chairman and National Secretary respectively.
Born on February 12, 1966, Senator Monguno, who represents Borno North Senatorial District, is a member of the APC and has a rich political history.
He began his educational journey at Monguno Central Primary School and later attended Government Secondary School. The Senator studied law at the University of Maiduguri and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1990 after attending the Nigerian Law School.
