Amid growing campaigns against the upcoming nationwide anti-government protests, protesters loyal to former Chief Whip of the Senate, Mohammed Ali Ndume, yesterday, stormed strategic locations in Abuja, seeking his reinstatement.
The protesters, who proceeded from the Unity Fountain within the federal capital, maintained that Ndume was unseated for “merely drawing the attention of President Bola Tinubu to the sufferings of Nigerians.”
The protesters, who came under the umbrella of the Southern Borno Development Association, defied the rains to hold the procession.
In an address during the peaceful demonstration, leader of the association, Mohammed Ibrahim Biu, said: “We are here to register our displeasure over the action of the Senate with respect to our Senator, Ali Ndume.
“He was removed from office as Senate Whip based on a complaint by the National Chairman of the APC for saying what others have been saying.
“Nothing he said was new. We believe President Tinubu being a listening leader, has started implementing some of the advice given by Senator Ndume. That is why the new minimum wage bill was recently passed and approved by him.
“We wish to appeal to the Senate President and the Senate to reconsider this decision.”
Biu described Ndume as a “consistent and forthright leader, who has always spoken out in favour of his constituents in particular, and down trodden Nigerians in general.”
