Senator Ali Ndume was kicked out as the Chief Whip of the 10th Senate on Wednesday and immediately replaced with Sen. Mohammed Monguno.
The sacked Ndume represents Borno South while his replacement Monguno is representing Borno North.
The sack of Ndume followed a letter by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje to the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio.
The letter titled “Complaints Against the Unbecoming Utterances of Sen. Ali Ndume” was read by Akpabio during plenary on Wednesday.
The sack of the controversial Borno Senator may not be unrelated to his frequent criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
He was recently warned by the APC over his latest claim that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been “caged” and unaware of existential challenges in the country.
The APC, in a statement by its spokesperson, Felix Morka, described the claim by the Senator as haughty and unnecessary.
As a Senator of the Federal Republic, Ndume has platform of the “National Assembly to raise and address matters that he may consider to be in the national interest.
“He also has access to the entire machinery of the federal government of Nigeria. Senator Ndume did not explain the use to which he has put this enormous access in seeking solutions to concerns that he may have.
“It is understandable if Senator Ndume feels frustrated by his suggested inability to access the President. But that does not warrant or justify his outlandish declaration that the President has been caged in some way or ensconced from the reality of conditions in the country.
“Senator Ndume’s heedless comments smack of an indulgent sense of entitlement to see the President on a whim.
The President is busy doing the job for which he was elected by the Nigerian people.
“He is the head of government of which there are many critical parts equipped with the power to process and deal with a wide range of simple to complex social, economic, political or security challenges.
“The president’s time is required to be used judiciously in attending to important matters of state.
“As a senior Party man and Senator of the Federal Republic, we urge Ndume to exercise restraint and quit his penchant for unhelpful attention-seeking media posturing,” the statement partly read.