Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has expressed pity for President Bola Tinubu over his endorsement by the governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for a second term in office.
It could be recalled that APC governors and some other chieftains of the party last month endorsed Tinubu.
They offered him an automatic ticket of the party ahead of the 2027 general elections.
However, Ndume, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme, insisted that he was not part of those who endorsed Tinubu.
The lawmaker reminded Tinubu that former President Goodluck Jonathan was endorsed by 22 governors of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2015 election but lost his re-election bid to Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ndume, who said he stormed out of the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, after the governors endorsed the president for re-election, declared that: “I was there but that was not why I was there.
"I was there for a summit and when I realised that it was not a summit and voice vote was put about the endorsement of Mr President, I just left, and that does not mean I am not an APC member.
"The majority had its way but few of us felt that was not right.
“It happened before, not once, not twice. It happened during Jonathan. That does not mean anything.
"Politicians are decamping but the people who are the voters are not decamping.
“Jonathan had 22 governors then endorsing him like was done now.
“And what happened? Jonathan lost woefully. A lot of money was spent. Even the election was shifted but we are not learning our lessons. I pity Mr President."