Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West, threw caution into the gutter on Tuesday when he threatened to beat his fellow Senator, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu (APC Lagos Central) and that nothing would happen.
“I will beat you up on this floor and nothing will happen,” Melaye raged when Senator Oluremi Tinubu asked the raving Senators not to reduce the floor of the Senate to a kindergarten where they could just issue childish threats. She called on Senators to close ranks and seek reconciliation amongst its members.
This came on the heels of an uproar caused by the current trial of the leadership of the Senate for forgery, which led some Senators to threaten to impeach President Muhammad Buhari, even as Melaye vowed to ‘impregnate’ Remi Tinubu, who is the wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Shortly after commencement of a plenary session, some Senators called on their colleagues, led by Senators Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi (APC Kaduna North) and Kabir Marafa (APC Zamfara Central) to sheathe their sword and withdraw the petition that had led to the criminal prosecution of Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu.
The Executive Session, which was chaired by Saraki, also reminded the Senate that a committee led by former Senate President David Mark had been set up to “reconcile” members. But, Mark said that he was not informed that he would chair such a committee and that he didn’t know any member. He was simply told to do his “work.”
Shortly after that, Senator Melaye said that the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, must be brought before the Senate to be thoroughly grilled and humiliated for charging the Senate leadership with forgery in court.
Melaye called on the Senators in attendance to fight the presidency to a standstill and went ahead to rant, issuing a wide variety of threats.
Recognized to speak, Senator Remi Tinubu said that the Senate should not be reduced to a kindergarten where Senators could just issue childish threats, and called on Senators to close ranks and seek reconciliation amongst its members.
That was when Melaye flew into rage, calling her names and saying: “I will beat you up on this floor and nothing will happen,” he threatened.
The statement caused a commotion on the floor as Senators in her support gathered to protect her. Senate President Saraki nodded as Melaye called Mrs. Tinubu unprintable names according to Senators who intervened to save her from the rampaging Melaye.
Leading the offensive in support of Melaye were Senators Danjuma Goje, Jibrin Barau, Isa Misau and Peter Nwaoboshi.
In addition, the Senators held to be behind the current forgery trial are said be under threat by the like-minded Senators, with Melaye threatening to kill anyone who shows up in court to testify against Saraki and Ekweremadu. [myad]
