Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, says he regrets supporting Bukola Saraki to emerge senate president.<\/p>\n
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Speaking on Hard Copy, a Channels Television programme, the lawmaker accused Saraki of targetting those who oppose him.<\/p>\n
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In March 2017, the lawmaker was suspended for \u201cembarrassing\u201d Saraki and Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west.<\/p>\n
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Ndume had demanded that the upper legislative chamber investigate the allegation that a vehicle imported without appropriate customs documents belong to Saraki while he also moved for a probe into the allegations of certificate forgery levelled against Melaye.<\/p>\n
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During the television programme, Maupe Ogun, the presenter, had asked the senator If he regrets supporting the senate president and he said: \u201cYes, I do.\u00a0 Look at the senate now, we have been reduced to unbearable level of integrity, just because of few people, few person, that is wrong.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t want to be individualistic about it. We put the leadership there for Saraki; if you want me to be specific about it, and then it turns out to be another thing. We have senator\u2019s president now, instead of senate president.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ndume said his relationship with Saraki went sour because of his love for the truth.<\/p>\n
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He maintained that he has a cordial relationship with his colleagues at the upper legislative chamber.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI speak the truth a lot even if I\u2019m alone, and I stand by it. We started with the issue of Magu, I was with you on national TV and that is history now, then we came out and the second issue was that of the car importation, and the issue of Dino Melaye\u2019s certificate and then I was shockingly suspended for 180 days\u00a0 and it was not the committee that recommended that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy colleagues did not not know about the report that was used to suspend me illegally and unconstitutionally for 180 days. That\u2019s why I went quietly to court and you see the response of my people then.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt is not fair for one among equal to take himself up, and use, take advantage of the gavel to rule instead of to lead, instead of to preside, that is what the constitution says. The senate president is to preside, he doesn\u2019t even have a vote, he has no voice. By the time you accept being the senate president, you have lost your right to some extent as a senator until the senate ties, that is when you come in to break the ties. This is not the case, as senate president will say, \u2018I direct so so so and my members\u2026\u2019.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI mean, it\u2019s very unfortunate, I personally did not expect this. That is how we got it wrong, because once an individual thinks he owns the senate, and he dishes out the direction, and dishes out what he thinks, you\u2019ll always get it wrong\u2026 108 heads are better than one. But for now, senate at certain point is like Dino and Saraki. It is very unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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