The suspended senator
representing Borno south, Ali Ndume is in fresh trouble as the state House of
assembly on Thursday, October 26, accused him of slapping its member
representing Damboa constituency, Bukar Daja-Ali, at a political meeting in
Maiduguri.
A statement signed by the Speaker
of Borno state House of Assembly, Abdulkareem Lawal, petitioned the Inspector-General
of Police to investigate the matter.
Lawal said the House had adopted
a resolution calling on the police to investigate attack on another legislator,
Muhammad Saleh-Banga, by hoodlums at Kwayar Kusar Local Government area.
He said the resolution directed
the state government to relieve the appointment of Secretary of Kwayar Kusar
Local Government Council.
Lawal said the House also
resolved to embark on the suspension of legislative business until their
demands were met.
In a swift reaction, Ndume dismissed
the claim as “falsehood”, aimed at tarnishing his image.
“For the avoidance of doubt, I
cannot remember meeting any member named Habu Dala-Ali as erroneously
circulated. Honestly, the member is not telling the truth; there is nothing
like that. I never slapped anybody.
“What transpired was that the
member came to my house for a meeting along with some hoodlums who began
raining all sorts of insult on me in front of everybody.
“I was going to meet the hoodlums
to demand why they came to my house to insult me when the said member tried to
stop me. The only thing I did was to tell him not to touch me. I angrily asked
him why he came with people into my house to insult me and went inside and left
him.
“This happened in front of everybody
and people who were there saw what happened. The hoodlums later came back when
they realised they made mistake and apologised, which I have forgiven them.
“So, I don’t know how the issue
of slapping a member of a Borno State House of Assembly came from. I challenge
him or any other person coming up with such claim to present any evidence that
I slapped him,” Ndume said. (NAN)
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