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Members of some women groups in Southern Borno Senatorial District have threatened to protest naked at the National Assembly over Senator Ali Ndume’s removal as Senate Chief Whip.
The women, from the 101 wards in the nine LGAs of the Senatorial District, stormed Ndume’s residence in Maiduguri on Thursday, expressing support for the lawmaker.
While addressing Ndume, spokesperson of the aggrieved women groups, Mrs Mada Musa, from Damboa council area, said, “It is unfortunate that Ndume who granted an interview with Arise TV recently echoed the voices and feelings of the masses over severe hunger and insecurity which have dominated the present administration will be punished or relieved of his position at the Red Chamber.
“Instead for the government to act swiftly in addressing the current economic hardships and wanton killings and kidnappings, it only teamed up with the APC and the Senate Caucus and axed Ndume by unconstitutionally and unconditionally removing him from his position as Chief Whip.
“We elected Senator Ndume to go and represent Southern Borno people, and by extension, Borno and Nigeria as a whole, irrespective of political affiliations, therefore we enjoin our senator who is passionate about the plights of average Nigerians to please go back to media houses and add that, apart from hunger and insecurity in the land, there is corruption, unemployment and loss of hope due to bad policies of the present administration.”
Responding, expressed gratitude for the solidarity visit, even as he enjoined the women to be calm and law-abiding.
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