Ndume: APC Making Same Mistakes As PDP- Buhari Ex-Aide Warns

Following the recent sacking of Senator Ali Ndume as the Chief Whip of the Senate and calls for his sacking from the All-Progressives Congress (APC), a former media aide to ex-president Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad has claimed that the ruling party is on the verge of implosion and making the same mistakes as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Trouble had started when the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday replaced Ndume with Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno as Chief Whip.

The replacement followed a letter of complaint from the National Chairman of the ruling party which was read by the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio during the plenary.

The letter, which was signed by the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the National Secretary of the Party, Senator Surajudeen Bashir, explained that Ali Ndume in his capacity as Chief Whip was working to bring down the country through his unguarded utterances.

The letter was referring to his media interview where he alleged that “President Bola Tinubu is working with thieves and has also been caged, such that he didn’t know Nigerians are hungry.”

After the letter was read by Akpabio, he put to voice vote for Monguno to be admitted as the Chief Whip of the Senate.

Reacting to the development, Ahmad cautioned the APC against repeating the mistakes made by the PDP, between 2011 and 2015.

In a post on his X handle, Ahmad said: “I am afraid that our party, the APC, is on the verge of repeating the mistakes made by the PDP between 2011 and 2015. As a political party, we should be open to welcoming individuals, especially those who can contribute to our electoral success, rather than doing the opposite.”