As
the political imbroglio that enmeshed the Senate last week continues to
generate considerable public disquiet, subjecting the highest law
making body to international ridicule, Nigerians find it difficult to
stomach the condescending reputation and shame which Senator Dino Melaye
and his colleague, Senator Remi Tinubu brought to the Nigerian
legislative milieu.
On one side of the divide, is Senator Dino Melaye, who threatened to beat and impregnate Senator Remi Tinubu and on the other, is Senator Remi Tinubu, who allegedly called Melaye a dog, sparking an outrage that nearly degenerated into physical combat by the two actors involved in the act of shame, depending on whose version of the story you want to believe.
At a time the country is in need of boxers to win medals for Nigeria in the Olympics or, better still, soldiers to fight the Niger Delta Avengers and Boko Haram, Senator Melaye would have offered his services in these areas of need.
However, when the news broke out, feminist groups sprang up and saw it as a case of men harassing women and not for what it really is; two senators giving us tips on how not to be a distinguished senator.
Dino had, in the past, exhibited a crass and mediocre mannerism which was feasted by the media when he served the lower chambers of the National Assembly, and is still fresh in the minds of the generality of Nigerians. Because of his rashness, people did not, in their mildest imaginations think that Senator Tinubu was the first to draw blood by calling Senator Dino a dog and a thug and like the scientists will say, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Shortly after the act of shame, Dino hurriedly organised a press conference and gave his side of the story. As a result of threats by some South West symphatisers of Tinubu, who declared him persona non grata in the region, he visited Lagos and took it a notch higher by visiting Bourdillion, the stronghold of the Tinubus, and for effect, posted all the pictures in the social media.
Not wanting to be left out of the childish games, Senator Tinubu wrote to the Inspector General of Police, requesting police protection from Melaye, whom she described as a “threat to my life”.
Then some obviously hired, hungry women, took to the streets of Lagos to protest against Dino. When a female evangelist was murdered by some fanatics in Abuja, no women group protested and after the killing of women and children by the rampaging herdsmen in the north central and south east, no women group protested. But after a clash of two people, who ordinarily should not be in the senate, the crowd of women took to the streets.
Similarly, to show that the Lagos women group do not have the monopoly of clowning, some women under the aegis of Kogi Women Support Dino, KWSD, threw their weight behind Melaye, saying Senator Tinubu must apologise to him for purportedly calling him a thug and dog.
As the drama continues to unfold, the last may not have been heard of the charade that is archetypal to a Nollywood comedy as Senator Tinubu, petitioned John Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, over recent acts of “gross misconduct” by Melaye.
Her words, “What took place at that session was nothing short of a threat of physical assault and abuse against me by Senator Melaye.”
“As such, it was an affront to the Senate, this government and our party. For a party member to so antagonise another APC member in this fashion places the party in disrepute and undermines the unity needed to accomplish the sober task of reforming Nigeria for the better.”
Maybe she needs to write to the EU, UN, ECOWAS, FIFA, and NOC to get the desired effect.
The Senate President has been silent on the matter as usual as he seems to be caught between the devil and the deep, blue sea. We all know the clash between the two senators is as a result of pent up tensions between Dino, who is a strong supporter of Saraki and Tinubu, you know who she is supporting, a fallout of the leadership saga in the Senate.
I think both sides should move on from this unwanted distraction. The country is plunging into recession and the senators should be thinking of ways out of this economic quagmire. Nigerians are waiting for the Senate to deliver the dividends on democracy and it’s time for Nigerians to start seeing the change they voted for.
Culled from Leadership
On one side of the divide, is Senator Dino Melaye, who threatened to beat and impregnate Senator Remi Tinubu and on the other, is Senator Remi Tinubu, who allegedly called Melaye a dog, sparking an outrage that nearly degenerated into physical combat by the two actors involved in the act of shame, depending on whose version of the story you want to believe.
At a time the country is in need of boxers to win medals for Nigeria in the Olympics or, better still, soldiers to fight the Niger Delta Avengers and Boko Haram, Senator Melaye would have offered his services in these areas of need.
However, when the news broke out, feminist groups sprang up and saw it as a case of men harassing women and not for what it really is; two senators giving us tips on how not to be a distinguished senator.
Dino had, in the past, exhibited a crass and mediocre mannerism which was feasted by the media when he served the lower chambers of the National Assembly, and is still fresh in the minds of the generality of Nigerians. Because of his rashness, people did not, in their mildest imaginations think that Senator Tinubu was the first to draw blood by calling Senator Dino a dog and a thug and like the scientists will say, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Shortly after the act of shame, Dino hurriedly organised a press conference and gave his side of the story. As a result of threats by some South West symphatisers of Tinubu, who declared him persona non grata in the region, he visited Lagos and took it a notch higher by visiting Bourdillion, the stronghold of the Tinubus, and for effect, posted all the pictures in the social media.
Not wanting to be left out of the childish games, Senator Tinubu wrote to the Inspector General of Police, requesting police protection from Melaye, whom she described as a “threat to my life”.
Then some obviously hired, hungry women, took to the streets of Lagos to protest against Dino. When a female evangelist was murdered by some fanatics in Abuja, no women group protested and after the killing of women and children by the rampaging herdsmen in the north central and south east, no women group protested. But after a clash of two people, who ordinarily should not be in the senate, the crowd of women took to the streets.
Similarly, to show that the Lagos women group do not have the monopoly of clowning, some women under the aegis of Kogi Women Support Dino, KWSD, threw their weight behind Melaye, saying Senator Tinubu must apologise to him for purportedly calling him a thug and dog.
As the drama continues to unfold, the last may not have been heard of the charade that is archetypal to a Nollywood comedy as Senator Tinubu, petitioned John Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, over recent acts of “gross misconduct” by Melaye.
Her words, “What took place at that session was nothing short of a threat of physical assault and abuse against me by Senator Melaye.”
“As such, it was an affront to the Senate, this government and our party. For a party member to so antagonise another APC member in this fashion places the party in disrepute and undermines the unity needed to accomplish the sober task of reforming Nigeria for the better.”
Maybe she needs to write to the EU, UN, ECOWAS, FIFA, and NOC to get the desired effect.
The Senate President has been silent on the matter as usual as he seems to be caught between the devil and the deep, blue sea. We all know the clash between the two senators is as a result of pent up tensions between Dino, who is a strong supporter of Saraki and Tinubu, you know who she is supporting, a fallout of the leadership saga in the Senate.
I think both sides should move on from this unwanted distraction. The country is plunging into recession and the senators should be thinking of ways out of this economic quagmire. Nigerians are waiting for the Senate to deliver the dividends on democracy and it’s time for Nigerians to start seeing the change they voted for.
Culled from Leadership
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