Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has apologised to the All Progressives Congress (APC) over his comments regarding the handling of the affairs of the country by President Bola Tinubu.
Last month, Ndume had said President Bola Tinubu was being “caged” by those around him and does not know the dire state of the hunger in the country.
The senator also alleged that some senators and ministers were not allowed access to the president, even if they have suggestions regarding the hardship in Nigeria.
He also said the administration of Tinubu is populated by kleptocrats.
He was subsequently removed as Senate Minority Whip and replaced, while the APC also asked him to resign as a member of the party.
Speaking with reporters after meeting the leadership of the party in Abuja on Tuesday, Ndume admitted that he was wrong by not channeling his grievances through the leadership of the party.
The senator said his comments were borne out of patriotism.
“With what has happened which you are all aware, it is not surprising that I am invited to hear my own side, and we had family discussions,” Ndume said.
“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.
“Whatever I said or whatever I did was out of patriotism, and those issues may be said strongly, but they are true—I should have talked to the party as the last bus stop.”
On his part, Abdullahi Ganduje, national chairman of the APC, said the party was satisfied with Ndume’s apology.
Ganduje described the disagreement as a “family matter”.
“It is a family issue we need to resolve, and we are writing to the national assembly conveying what has transpired between Senator Ndume and the party,” he said.
“You know he apologised to the party, and we conveyed the same issue to the national assembly; when we do that, we hope they can review their position.”
