Senator Gbenga Ashafa who represents Lagos East in the Senate has issued
a statement on behalf of Senators representing Lagos state in the
senate, condemning in strong terms the use of abusive words on Senator
Oluremi Tinubu by Senator Dino Melaye during the senate's plenary on
Tuesday July 12th. In the statement, the Senators from Lagos state said
they will resist any act of intimidation on the wife of the APC National
leader, Senator Remi Tinubu. The statement in part reads;
“We deplore in very strong terms the use of abusive, threatening,
uncouth, vulgar and un-parliamentary language by ANY senator against any
other senator, particularly our female colleagues,” the statement read.
As distinguished members of the red chamber, we are strongly in favour
of resolving ANY conflict that has arisen in course of our
representation and national duty through d0ialogue and due process and
we will not be part of any solution obtained through any form of
coercion, threat, intimidation and ungentlemanly conduct of the
distinguished office of a senator. We dissociate ourselves from the
comments and behavior of Senator Dino Melaye (APC – Kogi West) at the
executive session of 12th July 2016 as we represent people known for
finer character and noble culture of social interaction. We equally
state that we will be part of efforts to instill and enshrine decorum
and gentlemanly conduct associated with the upper chamber of the
national assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
While condemning the use of any vulgar and un-senatorial language in all
ramifications, we particularly take offense to the use of such abusive
and denigrating words against the person of Distinguished Senator
Oluremi Tinubu (APC- Lagos Central). As such words greatly demeaned the
female gender and the hallowed chamber of the Senate. Finally, pursuant
to the threat of physical abuse against Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC-
Lagos Central) by Senator Dino Melaye (APC- Kogi West), we state that we
are not lily-livered and cannot be intimidated or deterred from our
primary assignment of representing the good people of Lagos state and
carrying out our national duties of law making, even if it entails
testifying in court on the side of the truth as part of the resolution
of any conflict in the upper chamber.”
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