Senator Oluremi
Tinubu and Dino Melaye
By Henry Umoru, Charles Kumolu, Olasukonmi Akoni & Joseph Erunke THE lawmaker representing Lagos Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Remi Tinubu, has petitioned the acting Inspector-General of Police, requesting for police protection over alleged threats to her life by Senator Dino Melaye.
This came as women,
drawn from the three senatorial districts in Lagos State, under the aegis of
Concerned Group, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to direct relevant
security agencies to institute criminal action against Melaye should he fail to
tender public apology.
In the letter,
Tinubu noted that her request became necessary given what she termed as
Melaye’s antecedents in the House of Representatives where a brawl allegedly
led by the latter resulted in the death of a lawmaker.
Signed by Tinubu,
the letter titled: Request for Police
Protection reads: ‘’I am Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central
Senatorial District of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. During the proceedings
of the Senate on Tuesday, July 14, 2016, I had cause to contribute to a matter
of national importance.
Apparently dissatisfied with my contributions Senator
Dino Melaye threw caution to the winds, resorted to vulgar abuse of my person
and wanted to assault me.
‘’It was the timely intervention of a number of
colleagues which prevented Senator Melaye from unleashing a physical attack on
me. However, as the leadership of the Senate did not call him to order in the
circumstance, he proceeded to threaten my life without any provocation
whatsoever.
‘’In view of Sen Melaye’s antecedent particularly in the House of
Representatives where a brawl led by him led to the untimely death of a member,
I have decided not to ignore his threat to my life.
Therefore, I am compelled
to urge you to use your good offices to provide me with adequate security.”
Reacting to the development, Senator
Melaye told Senator Tinubu, that
great minds do not dwell on issues, but act and move on. According to him, it
would amount to waste of time and energy to continue with the action as he had
acted and the next thing to do as a great man, would be to move on. Melaye
said: “Great minds do not dwell on issues, they act and move on. I have moved
on.” Meanwhile, while delivering a protest letter to the state governor, Mr.
Akinwumi Ambode for onward transmission to President Muhammadu Buhari, the
Concerned Group, said: ‘’ We the Concerned Group condemns in very strong term
Dino Melaye’s assault on Senator Oluremi Tinubu and therefore call on him to
tender unreserved public apology to the hallowed chamber of the Senate and more
importantly to Senator Oluremi Tinubu and the entire Nigerians who he has
brought into great disrepute.”
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