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APC intervenes in Ali, Senate squabble, sends peace emissaries
Uncomfortable with the face-off between Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd) and the Senate, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded plans to send its national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun to broker peace between the warring parties.
The party said Oyegun will lead a peace mission to the leadership of the National Assembly and the concerned party members to ensure the matter between the Senate and the Nigeria Customs boss is resolved peacefully.
The party made its intervention intention known in a statement signed by the party’s national publicity secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, in Abuja, on Tuesday.
“We have watched the issues with growing concern and the expectations that they would be resolved in a manner that would be agreeable to all the parties involved.
“However, we wish to state that at this point, we have found it necessary to intervene.
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“Accordingly, the national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun will lead the party’s peace mission to the Leadership of the National Assembly and the concerned party member. We are confident that the party’s effort to broker peace would resolve the matter amicably.”
Ali is expected to appear before the Senate on Wednesday in uniform after he was last week walked out from the Senate chamber for failure to appear in Customs uniform.
However, following a suit Ali instituted in court on Tuesday and a court order he obtained, he is likely not going to appear in court on Wednesday as expected.
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