Senator Dino Melaye has said that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Senators of the Unity Forum cannot afford to destroy parliamentary conventions in selecting principal office holders on the altar of primordial sentiments and myopic arguments.

While speaking during an interactive session with African Independent Television, AIT, on Tuesday, Melaye who is a Senator representing Kogi West in the current 8th Assembly stated that President Muhammadu Buhari had already congratulated the Senate President Bukola Saraki, therefore, the House has no option than to go straight to legislative business.

The APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun had earlier written to Saraki where the names of the party’s preferred candidates for the four positions were contained.

In a reply to Oyegun’s letter, Saraki had explained that the party’s letter came after the APC Zonal Caucuses had taken their decision to nominate candidates as Principal Officers in the Senate.

“The said letter was received after the various APC Zonal Caucuses had taken their decision to nominate candidates as Principal Officers of the Senate in line with parliamentary convention and the extant provision of the Senate standing Order 2015 as amended (Chapter VI; Rules 28, 29 & 31 refers). This was a follow up to the prior APC Senate caucus meeting held on 23rd June, 2015.
“Accordingly, the letters transmitting the decision of the APC Senate Caucuses do not conform to the recommendation as contained in your letter under reference,” Saraki had said.In defence of Saraki’s action, Melaye who described the Senate President as intellectually mobile stated that the election of Saraki and that of the principal office holders were irreversible.

“From my own perspective there is no crisis in the senate, even the president have congratulated the senate President.
“So we should not waste time on primordial sentiments but go straight to the legislative business.

“The situation is this, what has been done on the floor of the senate is irreversible, as far as I am concerned, I have tremendous respect for my party but I want to say without fear of favor that we cannot destroy parliamentary convention on the altar of interest.

“It has never happened in the history of the legislator where any party would write the parliament and indicate names against positions,” Dino said.

He added; “People who advertise ignorance may come up with very myopic argument; the truth is that leadership of principal officers is appointed by their various caucuses.”

However, against the party’s wishes, Saraki approved the nominations of an entirely different set of Principal Office holders.Constitutional lawyer Prof Itse Sagay, SAN, had described Saraki’s defiance as a rebellion against the party.

“It is a rebellion against the process that brought him to the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly. It is the height of indiscipline that could lead to party’s collapse if care is not taken.
“The leadership of the APC should take the bull by the horn and discipline over ambitious Saraki.

“He should be expelled from the party before he destroyed it. Saraki has succeeded in destabilising the APC through his in-subordinate and confrontational attitude.

“The party should make its position known and stand by its nominees for the principal offices in the Senate. APC should call the bluff of arrogant and power conscious senate president.”

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Saraki and his fellow thugs on a covert mission to destroy APC. Now that they have been apprehended they will be handled and cowed into submission.

Saraki, dino, danjuma goje and co. Vs unity forum group o.k oo let's see who wil laugh last. They are bunch of legislooters.

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