Tinubu’s wife addressed me as dog, thug, says Melaye

The All Progressives Congress member representing Kogi West Senatorial
District, Senator Dino Melaye, on Thursday said he called Senator
Oluremi Tinubu a stupid woman on the floor of the Senate during an
executive session because she also referred to him as a dog and a
thug.
Melaye, who addressed parliamentary reporters in the National
Assembly, however, denied using vulgar words against Oluremi, the wife
of the leader of the APC, Senator Bola Tinubu.
He vowed not to apologise to Tinubu for allegedly assaulting his wife
even as he said that the APC leader could not determine his future
political career because the politician was not God.
Melaye said, "…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 senator while I
was making my presentation.
"Unfortunately, Senator Oluremi Tinubu got up and for reasons only
known to her, the first thing she said was that she's being harassed
in this chamber by Senator Melaye.
"I kept quiet at that point. …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.
" 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. These were my words and she went on shouting dog, thug.
"I want to tell you gentlemen of the press that for every action there
must be a reaction. When I got up to address my colleagues she was not
the only senator there."
Melaye also denied ever saying he would impregnate Mrs. Tinubu.
He said, "It is fallacious, malicious and a lie that I said I will
impregnate Mrs. Tinubu. Biologically, it is even impossible to
impregnate Mrs. Tinubu because she has reached 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."
He also said though he read in the newspaper that the APC leader was
demanding an apology from him for abusing his wife, he would not do so
now.
"I read from the social media that Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu through
his media aide is asking me to apologise. I will not believe that a
man of his calibre will ask for apology without hearing from both
parties.
"However, when I get confirmation that Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu
actually is the one asking me to apologise, I will also address him
accordingly."
Meanwhile, the South-West zone of the APC has warned Melaye to stay
away from the zone for threatening to beat Mrs. Tinubu.
In a statement signed by the Zonal National Secretary, APC South-West,
Ayo Afolabi, on Thursday, the party described Melaye as an example of
'vagabond in power', saying, however, that it was not surprised by
Melaye's conduct towards a woman because he never had a successful
marriage.
"Meanwhile Senator Melaye should regard the South West Zone as a no-go
area if he refused to tender a public apology and desist from such
unruly behaviours on any colleague from any party of this country in
the future. A word is enough for the wise."
The party also called on the Inspector General of Police to take note
of Melaye's threat to kill anybody that testified against the accused
persons in the Senate forgery case.
Also, women in the Osun State chapter of the APC have condemned the
alleged assault of Mrs. Tinubu by Melaye.