A former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and his
Gombe State counterpart, Senator Danjuma Goje were among the 39 senators that
signed the
sack of Senator Ali Ndume as the leader of the Senate, according to
official document.
Ndume was sacked on Tuesday following a letter by the All Progressives
Congress (APC) caucus, which was read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
It was gathered that 39 out of the 63 senators who are of the APC
appended their signatures to the statement sacking Ndume.
The list of senators that signed was contained in the Votes and
Proceedings...
The Votes and Proceedings tagged “Vote of no confidence/notice of change
of leadership” showed that Senator Dino Melaye, Senator Ibrahim D. Abdullahi,
Senator Francis Alimikhena, Senator Suleiman Nazif, Senator Donald Alasoadura,
Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, Senator Mustapha Bukar, Senator Rafiu Adebayo,
Senator Jibrin Barau, Senator Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai, Senator Usman Nafada and
Senator Kabiru Marafa signed that Ndume should go.
Others are Senator Gbenga Ashafa, Senator Tijjani Kaura, Senator Suleiman
Hunkuyi, Senator Ubali Shittu, Senator Shehu Sani, Senator Magnus Abe, Senator
Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Senator Umaru Kurfi, Senator Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf,
Senator Joshua Dariye, Senator Ibrahim Gobir and Senator Shaba Lafiagi.
Also on the list are Senator Isa Hamma Misau, Senator Babajide Omoworare,
Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, Senator Kabiru Gaya, Senator Mallam Ali Wakili,
Senator Ahmad Sani Yarima, Senator Sabo Mohammed, Senator Ahmed Lawan, Senator
Olarenwaju Tejuoso, Senator David Umaru, Senator Abdullahi Gumel, Senator Monsurat
Sunmonu and Senator Binta Masi.
During the adoption of the Votes and proceedings, there was a mild drama
as Senator Kabiru Marafa, who moved for the adoption reaffirmed his call on the
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to decamp from the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) to APC.
Moving for the adoption, Marafa said, “I move for the adoption and appeal
to the Deputy Senate President to heed to my call.”
Seconding, Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC, Nasarawa) also asked Ekweremadu
to decamp to APC.
“I second the adoption and urge the Deputy Senate President to as a
matter of urgency decamp to the APC.”
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