Bauchi – Senator Abdul Ningi from Bauchi Central Senatorial District has been on the streets of his constituency sharing ₦1,000 each to Okada riders, who are supposed members of his constituency.
The Bauchi senator made the headlines when he became the first to be suspended under the Godswill Akpabio-led Tenth Senate leadership. He was suspended for three months over the allegation of budget padding.
Ningi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator, subsequently resigned as the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF).
Ayekooto shared video of Senator Ningi
Sharing the video of the moment on social media, Ayekooto, said the Bauchi state governor’s son and former governor of Jigawa Sule Lamido, criticised President Bola Tinubu’s son, for sharing Ramadan’s palliative in the north, but they all kept quiet about Senator Ningi.
Ayekooto wrote:
“In Bauchi, the Governor’s son said Seyi Tinubu should stop holding Iftar with Bauchi people, Sule Lamido also said that Seyi’s Iftar is embarrassing. Now, this is Senator Ningi from Bauchi State PDP, teaching Seyi Tinubu how to empower people.”
Nigerians react to Senator Ningi’s video
The video of the senator has been generating reactions from concerned Nigerians on social media, with many condemning the action of the lawmakers.
Below are some of the reactions that followed the senator’s action:
King Emeka commented:
“In his mind, he has done something good for the community. These are the kind of Nigerians that want people to remain poor so they can feel good about themselves.”
Abba Askar wrote:
“If you don’t understand Hausa the guy wearing a white kaftan standing next to the Senator is shouting there’s no any other Senator better than the senator in the whole world not just in Nigeria cox of ordinary 1k.”
Okiti-Ogan reacted:
“All those northerners attacking Seyi Tinubu for his benevolence to the poor are wicked, insensitive and diabolical in thinking. Bauchi governor’s son attacked Seyi for doing better than Senator Ningi here from the same Bauchi!”
Bombardier said:
“Once it is one of their own, it is not a problem. The Northers are the problem of the North, using religion and poverty as instruments to perpetually strangulate the masses.”
F. Horla Dheji tweeted:
“Those northern apologies that were saying nonsense about Seyi Tinubu, would pretend as if this never happened. Hypocrisy has taken over their reasoning.”
See the video here:
Senator Ningi address the Senate
He then thanked the leadership of the Senate, colleagues and those who have visited and commiserated with him during the period.
