The All Progressives Congress has accepted Senator Ali Ndume’s apology for his recent utterances against President Bola Tinubu, which led to his removal as Senate Whip.
After a meeting with the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, Ndume conceded that he should have addressed his concerns within the party rather than publicly, according to Daily Post.
Ganduje stated that the party is satisfied with Ndume’s apology and will convey it to the Senate leadership to review their position.
Ndume acknowledged that his comments, although made out of patriotism, should have been directed to the party leadership first.
He expressed his commitment to channeling his concerns through the party in the future.
The APC views the matter as a “family issue” and is working to resolve it amicably. Ndume’s membership in the party remains intact, and he has been encouraged to continue contributing to the party’s growth.
“We are quite satisfied with his apology. As he said, we invited him and you know the party is the father of everybody. As a party, we are free to invite legislators, we are free to invite members of the executive, and we are even free to invite all the appointed party members in the government, so that is why we decided to come.
“It is a family issue, we need to resolve it and we are writing to the National Assembly conveying what has transpired between Senator Ndume and the party you know he apologized to the party and we will convey the same issue to the National Assembly, with the hope they can review their position,” Ganduje said.
On his part, Ndume conceded that rather than raising some issues on national television, he should have complained to the party leadership.
He said; “Yesterday, I was invited to the party and here I am to discuss family matters. Actually, the national chairman is not just a national chairman to me but a father. With what has happened which you are all aware, it is not surprising that I was invited to hear my own side and we had family discussions and I actually accepted the mistake of not talking to the party as a last point and I promised the party that all my observations as a senior member of the family should have terminated or ended with the party. That is something that moving forward I will do but whatever I said or whatever I did was out of patriotism and those issues maybe said strongly but they are true but then I should have talked to the party as the last bus stop.
“My membership, I have not been expelled, even the party did not say we don’t want you here, because he is my father, the party is my father, the only thing the party said is that look if you don’t want this house you can go to any house. Where will I go? This is my house.”