APC summons Ndume, moves to restore him as Senate Whip

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), led by Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, summoned Senator Ali Ndume to discuss his recent comments against President Bola Tinubu, which resulted in Ndume’s removal as Senate Whip.

After the meeting, Dr. Ganduje stated that the party was satisfied with Ndume’s apology and would convey this to the Senate leadership, hoping for a reconsideration of its decision. Ndume’s removal followed a complaint from the NWC to the Senate, led by Godswill Akpabio, regarding the senator’s remarks.

Speaking at the APC national secretariat, Ganduje emphasized the party’s role as a unifying body, stating, “We are quite satisfied with his apology. The party is the father of everybody. We are free to invite legislators, members of the executive, and appointed party members in the government.”

“It is a family issue, we need to resolve it and we are writing to the National Assembly conveying what has transpired between Senator Ndume and the party and you know he apologized to the party and we will convey the same issue to the National Assembly, with the hope they can review their position”.

On his part, Ndume conceded that rather than raising some issues on national television, he should have complained to through the party leadership.

He said; “Yesterday, I was invited by the party and here I am to discuss family matters. Actually the national chairman is not just a national chairman to me but a father. With what has happened which you are all aware, it is not surprising that I was invited to hear my own side and we had family discussions and I actually accepted the mistake of not talking to the party as a last point and I promised the party that all my observations as a senior member of the family should have terminated or ended with the party. That is something that moving forward I will do but whatever I said or whatever I did was out of patriotism and those issues maybe said strongly but they are true but then I should have talked to the party as the last bus stop.

“My membership, I have not been expelled, even the party did not say we don’t want you here, because he is my father, the party is my father, the only thing the party said is that look if you don’t want this house you can go to any house. Where will I go? This is my house.

The President and the Senate have nothing to do with this. The President did not take offence, I didn’t insult the President, I didn’t say anything against the party but I left the party out of reaching it on issues and so, please I think that is all I can say”.