The rift between Borno south senator, Ali Ndume and the leadership of the Nigerian senate seem to be deepening into a serious dimension as the senate on Tuesday ordered the relocation of the senator from his office
Recall that senator Ndume was recently removed as the senate Chief Whip by the senate majority caucus, on the orders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, following his calling out of President Bola Tinubu, over the lingering hardship in the country
Ndume, who is one of the ranking members of the red chambers however on Tuesday, July 30, rejected a new office allocated to him by the Senate Services Committee.
Ndume in a letter to the chairman of the Committee, Senator Sunday Karimi (APC Kogi West), said the office which is located on the third floor of the Senate New Building is not befitting for him as one of the most ranking members in the 10th Senate.
The former senate majority chief whip in the letter dated July 30, 2024, and signed by his Chef Confidential Secretary, Yati, Shuaibu Gawu, maintained that he deserved to be allocated an office on the fourth floor like his ranking counterparts.
The letter reads in part: “I am directed to inform you that Distinguished Senator Mohammed All Ndume has rejected the allocation of office number 3.10 by the Committee.
“Sen Ndume is the most Senior Senator after Sen Ahmad Lawan and will only occupy an office on the fourth floor.”
Senator Ndume, who was also relieved of his vice chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Appropriation seat by the senate president, was however appointed the senate chairman on Tourism, an offer which he rejected immediately.