- Senator Ali Ndume has said he is under pressure to apologize to the Senate
- Ndume was on March 29, 2017, suspended by the leadership of the Senate
- He, however, said he would never succumb to any pressure to apologize to the Senate
Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) has admitted being ‘pressurized’ to apologize to his colleagues in the Senate for him to be recalled but insisted that he will not do so.
Daily Trust reports that Ndume, the immediate past Leader of the Senate, told newsmen after an interactive session with thousands of his constituents, at the weekend, in Abuja, that there was no moral basis to ask him to apologize because he did not commit any offence.
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NAIJ.com gathered that the leadership of the Senate was reported last week to have reached out to Ndume to apologise so as to pave the way for his recall.
Senator Ali Ndume cries out
“For now, there is nothing for me to apologise for. I did not offend the Standing Rules of the Senate; the move for apology was made but I did not do anything to warrant (tendering) an apology. I have no problem with apology but you have to apologise for something you did,” he said.
The senator was on March 29 slammed with six months suspension over alleged breach of Senate Rules.
“The whole thing will come and go; it will pass away. It is part of the challenge a politician goes through. My challenge in the Senate now is temporary; it should not stop me from doing what I have been doing for my constituents.
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"I am lucky to be in the Senate. Right now I am going through industrial attachment because one day I will leave the Senate. I don’t expect to die in the Senate,” he said.
He also urged the federal government not to yield to pressure to evict the Borno IDPs from their Area One camp in Abuja.
NAIJ.com had previously reported that the Senate suspended former majority leader Ali Ndume for six months for bringing unproven allegations against his colleagues Senator Dino Melaye and Senate President Bukola Saraki.
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