 Then Yengeni was elected as Chief Whip of the ANC in Parliament.He was elected to the ANC's 80-member National Executive Committee in December 2007 in 21st place, with 2,032 votes.Yengeni was arrested in October 2001 and released on bail of R10 000 during an investigation by then National Director of Public Prosecutions, Bulelani Ngcuka, into allegations of misuse of power by Yengeni and Jacob Zuma.