Senate Leader Ali Ndume Dumps Saraki

Indications have emerged that the crisis in the leadership of the Upper Chamber

of the National Assembly has taken a turn for the worst as a cold war has
started between Saraki and his deputy on one hand, and the Leader of the
Senate, Ali Ndume, on the other hand.
Investigations revealed that trouble started when Saraki allegedly discovered
that Ndume was not on the same page with him on the crisis he was having
with the Presidency.
Ndume is not happy that Saraki has no respect for President Buhari. He's too
arrogant.
A ranking senator, who craved anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the
issue, confided in Punch in the course of the week that Saraki suddenly
discovered that Ndume, who was allegedly close to the Presidency, was no
longer pleading his case whenever he was in the Villa.
The senator explained that since his emergence as senate leader, Ndume
allegedly warned Saraki to be wary of Ekweremadu and senators of PDP who
might want to pitch him against the presidency.
He was said to have specifically advised Saraki to avoid any form of
confrontation with President Buhari, but should do everything possible to
support, so the latter would extend a hand of fellowship to him.
The source said, “The trouble between Saraki and Ndume started when some of
Saraki’s ‘men’ in the Villa started feeding the Senate President with reports of
how Ndume had allegedly joined members of the Senate Unity Forum to work
against him and Ekweremadu.
“Don’t forget, Ndume contested for deputy senate president against
Ekweremadu in this Eighth Senate. His initial intention was to be senate
president before realignment between him and Saraki made him to settle for
deputy senate president.
“It was when Saraki discovered that all attempts by him to see President Buhari
did not succeed despite Ndume’s assurances that he started listening to other
close colleagues, who advised him to adopt a confrontational strategy against
the Presidency.”
Thenewinsightng gathered that Ndume is not ready to quarrel with Saraki but
he has advised him to be calm and not allow PDP senators confuse him,
because they would dump him when it matters most.