The Senate on Wednesday removed Senator Ali Ndume as the Chief Whip and replaced him with Senator Tahir Monguno.
This is just a few days after Ndume accused President Bola Tinubu of shutting himself in Aso Rock Villa despite hunger across the land, which the senator said the President was oblivious of.
Tinubu and Ndume are of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which has majority control of the Senate.
Ndume’s replacement by the Senate followed a directive issued to that effect in a letter written by the National Chairman of the party, Umar Ganduje and National Secretary, Senator Bashir Ajibola.
The request was put to voice vote by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and loudly affirmed by all the APC senators.
Ndume had alleged before journalists at the National Assembly complex in Abuja last Wednesday that Tinubu has been fenced off and caged by certain forces around the sear of power
He expressed concern that the situation had not allowed Tinubu decisively tackle poverty, insecurity, hunger, and other challenges facing the nation.
“Mr President is not in the picture of what is happening outside the Villa. He has been fenced off and caged. Many of us won’t go through the backdoor to engage him.
“Now, they have stopped him from talking, and he doesn’t have public affairs managers, except for his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who writes press statements. Nigerians are getting very angry”, Ndume had lamented.
