By Haruna Salami
Protesters under the aegis of Southern Borno Development Association (SBDA) stormed Unity Fountain, Abuja Wednesday in solidarity with Senator Ali Ndume who was removed as the Senate Chief Whip.
Leader of the group, Muhammad Ibrahim Biu, (Dan Masani of Biu) called on the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other senators to reconsider the decision to replace Ali Ndume with Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno as Senate Chief Whip.
“I call on Senator Godswill Akpabio and all other senators to really sit down and reconsider this decision in the interest of justice and fairness.
“We are appealing to the Senate President in particular that there is no way you can throw away the baby with the bath water.
“Senator Ndume is a beacon in the Senate; everybody knows that. So, we are appealing to the Senate to reconsider their decision.
“On that basis, we are gathered here for this peaceful solidarity rally to support the stand of Senator Ali Ndume. He has personally said he has left everything to Allah (SWA), but at the same time, we have to cry out so that the government will listen to us since the government is a listening government”.
According to Biu, some of the things Ndume said, which are the interest the country are now being implemented by President Bola Tinubu, who he referred to as a listening president.
“The president, being a listening president has started implementing the advice, adding that what Ndume said “gingered the president to quickly forward the national minimum wage bill to the National Assembly which was passed yesterday”.
