Former Senate Leader and frontline aspirant for the office of Senate President in the 9th National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, has dismissed insinuations that he turned down Vice President Yemi Osinbajo intervention to drop his Senate presidency ambition, saying nothing can be farther than the truth.
Sen. Ndume said his recent visit to Prof. Osinbajo centred on his routine briefing to the vice president on the humanitarian issues in the North East, specifically, the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, issues and situation report on the orphanage which according to him, was dear to the vice president.
In a statement in Abuja, yesterday, Sen. Ndume faulted reports that he rebuffed intervention by the vice president to step down for the Senate majority leader, Ahmad Lawan.
“It was misinformation. The truth is, it is usual for me to meet with the vice president to discuss issues of common interest, especially the humanitarian crisis in the North East, of which the vice…
