Senator Ali Ndume has been removed as the Chief Whip of the 10th Senate for his utterances against President Bola Tinubu.
The Senate replaced Ndume with Senator Tahir Monguno after receiving a directive to do so in a letter from the party’s National Chairman, Umar Ganduje, and National Secretary, Senator Bashir Ajibola.
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, submitted the request to voice votes, which were emphatically affirmed by all APC senators.
Ndume has been publicly critical of the policies of President Bola Tinubu.
Chronicle NG reported that Ndume warned Tinubu that transferring some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) headquarters to Lagos will have political consequences.
Ndume, who spoke on Channels Television, maintained that the president was being misled by a cartel he referred to as the “Lagos Boys.”
He said that the so-called members of the cartel are unaware of how Nigeria operates and will be unable to assist the president when the repercussions occur.
“Some of them think that they know better than everybody. But they don’t know anything. When you don’t know Nigeria, you only know Lagos, and then you start doing things as if Nigeria is Lagos. Lagos is in Nigeria. That’s the wrong decision,” he said.
“We will not accept it. Besides, you know, they are not doing any favour to Mr. President because this will have political consequences. Yes. I’m telling you this.
“And these guys who are just sitting down there, trying to hang on to Mr. President, will not be there to amend the political mistakes or even correct them because they don’t know anybody. They only know their offices. And they only know that they have brains,” he said.
