The All Progressives Congress (APC) has begun consultations with the leadership of the Senate, in a bid to reinstate Senator Ali Ndume as the Chief Whip.

This comes a month after Ndume was removed from the position for repeated public criticisms of President Bola Tinubu and the APC.

The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District claimed that the President had been caged and shielded from feeling the hardships Nigerians were passing through, an action that irked the ruling party.

Ndume was immediately replaced by the senator representing Borno North, Tahir Monguno, following a directive issued to that effect in a letter written by the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, and National Secretary, Senator Basiru Ajibola.

The request was put to voice votes by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and loudly affirmed by all the APC senators.

Last Tuesday, a sober-looking Ndume told journalists after a two-hour closed-door meeting with the National Working Committee in Abuja that he had tendered an unreserved apology to the APC.

Confirming the development, the APC National Chairman, Ganduje, said Ndume’s apology was accepted, describing the situation as a family affair.