Removal As Senate Chief Whip ‘An Act Of God’ – Ali Ndume

The senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume has broken silence on his removal as the Chief Whip of the Senate.

Speaking during an interview on Friday, July 19, Ndume said he said nothing wrong, noting that his removal as the chief whip of the senate was an “act of God”.

In his first response to the incident, Ndume stated that after reviewing his interview and receiving feedback from friends and elders, he was assured that he had spoken nothing but the truth.

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He said: “I have reviewed the interview I granted. I also shared with friends, leaders, elders in this country to review and get back to me to tell me if I have said anything that is not true or that is wrong in that interview.

“Unanimously, the people I shared with and my conviction too, tell me that I didn’t do anything wrong, I did not say anything wrong and therefore, I want to state that I stand with all my statements in the interview I granted.

“The party that recommended me to be removed as being the chief whip of the senate, I take that as an act of God.

“It is God that gave me that position, and it is God that took that through APC, so I bear no grudges.”

Ndume, however, rejected his new appointment in the upper legislative chamber.

He said: “I learnt that I have been appointed chairman of tourism. I want to state here that I beg to decline for two reasons.

“You must do something that you are interested in, I’m not a tourist, I don’t have a visa to any country as I am speaking to you.

“I have never been to China, India, or France except America where I schooled, and London I used to go, but even at that, I can’t remember going to any of these countries.

“I’m not experienced in that. I would prefer to be an ordinary member; besides I have committees that I’m already content with.