Senator Dino Melaye, the lawmaker
representing Kogi West senatorial district,
has clarified what transpired during the
closed-door session of the Senate on
Tuesday, which led to shouting match
between him and Senator Oluremi Tinubu
Melaye, made this known during a press
briefing.
Read his statement below:
It is my sincere pleasure to address you this
morning. It wouldn't have been necessary to
address you on the subject matter am about
to address you on but it has become
expedient that despite the fact what I am
addressing you transpired in the executive
session of the senate but because of the
misinformation by people of inundinate
ambition out there. It has not only become
expedient but it has become very, very
paramount that I address you on this subject
matter.
On Tuesday, the 12th of July, we had an
executive session to discuss basically on the
issue of forgery case in court and when I
stood up to address and I want to say that
on my honour as a christian on my honour as
a father and on the oath of my office as a
senator of the federal Republic of Nigeria I
am telling you the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth. I have never being a
coward, I will not start an apprenticeship
programme now on how to become a
coward. Whatever I say anywhere I can
boldly repeat everywhere. 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withdrawn because already there is a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 and since there was a
resolution of the senate that the rules of the
senate were not forged then I said all those
who have gone to court should go and
withdraw their names from court and that if
at the end of the day those who refused to
withdraw their names from court we should
penalised them by suspending them, I said
that.
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
started speaking she specifically mentioned
my name even when in my presentation I did
not mention anybody names I only appeal to
the sensitivity of my colleagues and asked
them to withdraw their case from court and
reminded them already that there was a
resolution of the senate that the rules were
not forged. But because of reasons only
known to senator Oluremi Tinubu she got up
the first thing she said was that she's being
harrassed in this chamber by senator Melaye.
I kept quite at that point, she went ahead to
say that why will he come here and be
threathening senators and there was a large
chorus from senators how, when, where,
senators reacted. At that point I was still very
calm, she got up again and said that this
thug must be tamed at that point I got up
and I told her that she is very stupid. The
next statement from her is 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 not one of
those senators who normally come to
prostrate to them in Bourdillon. And I told
her I am from Kogi State, I am not from
Lagos State and that there would never be a
day that I will come to you for political
assistance. This were my words and she went
on shouting dog, thug.
I want to tell you gentlemen of the press for
every reaction there must be an action.
When I got up to address my colleagues she
was not the only senators there. If I had used
insolent language or foul languages you will
know the type of senators we have they
would have reacted and some of them would
have even addressed you guys by now to say
Dino insulted us. But because she acted in
the manner she did not one seantor stood up
in her defence when I was tongue lashing
her. Even the senators from Lagos was there,
Ashafa was there he didn't stand up fro his
seat. It is not true that anybody circled her
because there was no need to. I did not leave
the spot where I was sitting I didn't get up
from my seat. So there wouldn't have being
anybody to but somehow she got falsehood
sold to the saharareporters. Nobody amongst
those of us who spoke there actually talked
about impeachment. Infact the issue of the
presidency or president was not the subject
matter we were discussing on how the
senate can also come together and solve the
forgery case. There wouldn't have being any
need to even discuss about Buhari or the
Presidency but because of deliberate
wickedness and satanic manifestations they
brought in the issue of presidency to garnish
their aim and purpose.
Today, I read on the pages of newspaper that
in Nation to be very precise that senator
Borrofice calling me names. Unfortunately,
this expatriate senator, absentee senator
called senator Borrofice was not even in the
Chamber and he has not being in the
chamber for the past two months. He was
not in the chamber, I was surprised maybe
he has celestial powers to understand what
happens in his absence. For him to open his
gutter and pass insolent languages on me. I
have never being a coward and I will never
be, I fight my battles alone and I stand by it
and there is nothing I say anywhere that I
cannot repeat everywhere. If there are
instances that I am not a super human
being, if there are instances where as a
human being I have reacted negatively I am
also ready to be apologetic about it.
But in this particular instance, I have never
mentioned anybody's name, I never even
used insolent languages but because they
are here to heal from the wound of defeat of
the election of the senate president and
because of my key role in this exercise where
she and her husband called me severally to
appeal to me to backoff Saraki and I say I will
not backoff Saraki, I will continue to support
Saraki, Saraki is my brother, he is my friend
and I will continue to support him and this
will not change today, it will not change
tomorrow, it will not change in this four years
of our stay in the Senate.
Every human being can have ambition, it is
not a crime to be ambitious. saraki had the
ambition of becoming a Senate president
and God endorsed it, president Muhammadu
Buhari is an ambitious person that is why he
contested for the presidency four times
before God answered him. I am an ambitious
person, I event want to be president of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria very soon.
So it is not a crime to be ambitious. So if you
go through the papers today there has been
a lot of misinformation, a lot of lies, a lot of
blackmail, planted stories just to discourage
the person and personality of Dino Melaye
but I want to assure everyone that I remain
resolute in my compaternal convictions, I will
continue to stand by the truth, I will
continue to speak for those who cannot
speak for themselves, I will continue to be a
voice to the voiceless and in reaction I heard
that Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu said my
political career has come to an end. I want to
say that Tinubu is no God.
I fear only the God almighty, I fear no soul I
only respect souls. So far my political journey
to the House of Representatives and the
Senate have no political, financial or moral
contribution of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
the God who has brought me this far is
mighty, strong and enough to take me
further, what God has given me no man can
give and what God has given to me no man
can take. I want to assure you that this is the
true story of what transpired. It is falacious,
malicious and a lie that I said I will
impregnate Mrs Tinubu.
Biologically it is even impossible to
impregnate Mrs Tinubu because she has
arrived menopause. If you also look at that
statement for those of us who are
intellectually mobile, how can you say you
want to beat somebody and at the same
time you want to impregnate the person if
you juxtapose the two is there any
correlation, does it make any logical sense.
So, when they planted this falsehood they
did not think deeply. I want to say that I will
continue to uphold the culture the tradition,
the values of the Kogi West Senatorial district
and I will not abuse it. But it is absurd for a
woman to look for her colleague and call him
a thug and a dog when he has not personally
addressed you. unfortunately I did not have
the anointing to be quite when you are being
insulted I replied accordingly. I repeat there
is no reaction without an action. If she did
not call me a dog or a thug there is no way I
would have responded. I responded I have
no regrets for responding and defending my
person and if tomorrow or in the next 1hour,
Senator Tinubu again called me any name I
shall equally respond accordingly.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/dino-melaye-opens-up-what-transpired-between-senator-tinubu-and-i/

"...this is not Bourdillon and that
she should look at my face, I am not one of
those senators who normally come to
prostrate to them in Bourdillon..." I enjoyed this statement the most .

That being said ....why TF would she open her mouth and start emitting rubbish ...Feminists would enter this thread with cluelessness

book

Melaye said he never threatened to impregnate Mrs Tinubu because it is biological impossible to make her pregnant as she had reach her menopause. Funny guy

Their business.

Law-Makers... If Remi had expressed herself on the issue without referring or insulting him,it wouldn't have gotten to this.

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So sad this is coming from the senate at a time when we need all the ideas and knowledge to get the country out of a mess. Anyways, if there is a sitting for resolving this conflict you will still get paid. So no problem, its a season film, we await the next episode of Dino as a senator I trust nollywood and our comedians.#freedomofexpression

Hmmmm you obviously have problem with women. Grow balls mehn.