Tinubu’s wife called me 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.