Unic Press UK: Senator Dino Melaye has reacted to the report in a number of Nigeria-based media outfits that he threatened Senator (Mrs) Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Oluremi Tinubu
Melaye, who spoke to the media in the National Assembly complex in Abuja, said:
“When I stood up and I made my submissions that day in the Senate, all I did was to pacify my colleagues and asked that the case in court be withdrawn, because already, there is a resolution of the Senate that the rules of the Senate were not forged.
“I said all those who have gone to court should withdraw their names from court and that, at the end of the day, those who refuse to withdraw their names from court should be penalised by suspending them.
“But I did not use any insolent, abusive, degrading or mannerless language. So there was no reaction from any of our colleagues as regards my presentation.
“After I spoke, so many other senators spoke and I did not mention the name of any senators while I was making my presentation. Unfortunately Senator Oluremi Tinubu got up and was recognised to speak and immediately, she specifically mentioned my name.
“Because of reasons only known to Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the first thing she said was that she’s being harrassed in this chamber by Senator Melaye. I kept quiet. She went ahead to say that why will he come here and be threatening senators and there was a large chorus from senators how, when, where?
“At that point she got up again and said that this thug must be tamed. It was at that point that I got up and I told her that she was very stupid. The next statement from her was that ‘you are a dog.
“She called me a dog and when she called me a dog I stood up and I reacted and I told her that this is not Bourdillon and that she should look at my face, I am from Kogi and not Lagos and that there would never be a day that I will come to you for political assistance. These were my words while she went on shouting dog, thug.”
