Group backs Ndume’s removal as Senate Whip

A group under the auspices of The Democratic Front, TDF, has hailed the removal of Senator Ali Ndume as Senate Chief Whip, describing the action as decisive, firm and resolute.

This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the group’s Chairman, Malam Danjuma Muhammad and Secretary, Wale Adedayo on Thursday in Abuja.

The group commended the All Progressives Congress, APC, for successfully pushing for Ndume’s removal as the Senate’s Whip.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the decision to remove Ndume from the ranks of principal officers of the Senate followed his utterances against President Bola Tinubu and his administration.

“The TDF has noticed with dismay the series of negative and biased criticisms by a dime against his colleagues, President’s team and against the President.

“We recall that the former Senate Chief Whip made careless remarks and insinuations that could have incited commotion in the polity, when the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and a few CBN staff were transferred to Lagos, in an effort to cut the cost of governance and ease protocol of engagement with private sector players in the nation’s commercial capital.

“At the time, he was known to have said there would be “political consequences” for the movement, but as inciting as the comment was, it was overlooked by the party and the Senate.

“We were shocked and alarmed when Ndume recently described the government of President Tinubu as a ‘kakistocracy, government.

”For us, it is a derogatory remark as well as the climax of the serial act of incivility by a member of the ruling party and the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate,” the group said.