Politics
ALI Ndume, a former Senate leader from Borno State, has said calls for him to apologise to the Senate were misplaced because he did not do anything wrong to necessitate an apology.
Ndume said this while fielding questions from reporters after he hosted the leaders and representatives of more than 20,000 internally displaced persons from Borno-South currently residing in 12 camps spread across the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Saturday, June10.
The senator is currently serving 180-day suspension imposed on him by the Senate for allegedly impugning on the characters of Bukola Saraki, president of the Senate and Dino Melaye, a senator from Kogi State.
He was also accused of exposing the Senate to public opprobrium.
But Ndume said that while he had no problem
tendering an apology whenever he offended people, there was no justification for him to offer an apology when he had not committed an offence.
Besides, he said what he did in the Senate was to draw the attention of his colleagues to the issues being raised about the two senators in the media, which led to the decision by the entire Senate to investigate and put the matter to rest.
— Jun 12, 2017 @ 10:10 GMT
Tags: Abuja Ali Ndume Bukola Saraki Federal Capital Territory Kogi State Senate leader
