A former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume
(APC, Borno), yesterday, resumed at the Senate after serving a 90 legislative
days’ suspension and made a special request from his colleagues.
Ndume was suspended in March,
following a point of order he raised on the Senate President, Bukola Saraki,
and the chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT, Dino Melaye (APC).
At 11.25am, the Borno Senator
raised a point of order and requested that a one-minute silence be observed in
honour of late Senator Isiaka Adeleke who died in April.
“You know that I’ve been away for
seven and a half months and Adeleke died while I was not around. I want to
appeal that a one-minute silence be observed in his honour.
“In my absence, the President
assented to the North East Development Commission (NEDC), the bill which I
sponsored together with Senator Kabir Gaya....”he said.
But in his response, Saraki only
said, “Your point of order is noted.”
The one-minute silence was not
observed till the end of yesterday’s session.
It could be recalled that when
Adeleke died, the senators did not only observe a one-minute silence, but also
suspended plenary for a day.
Addressing newsmen after the
session, Ndume said he would go to Saudi Arabia for the Lesser Hajj, adding
“I’m a son of nobody who became somebody without knowing anybody.”
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