Remi Tinubu and Dino Melaye
Ever sinve the verbal altercation between Nigerian Senators; Dino
Melaye (Kogi State) and Oluremi Tinubu (Lagos State) was reported and
went viral, the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) has refrained from making a public comment because a formal
complaint is yet to be made as they did not want to be seen as taking
sides hence the decision to adopt “a wait and see attitude.”
A member of the party’s National Working Committee who pleaded anonymity, disclosed exclusively to Punch Newspaper that, “It will amount to crying more than the bereaved for the party to dabble into a matter that is yet to be brought before it.”
The APC source said from the information available to him, what
transpired on the floor of either the Senate or the House of
Representatives – especially during executive sessions, is covered by
legislative immunity.
He said, “There are procedures for dealing with issues of
indiscipline which acts such as what allegedly transpired between the
two distinguished senators could fall under.
“First, there has to be a formal complaint which will be sent to the disciplinary committee to look into.
“The committee will investigate and also invite the person who
is accused of committing an offence. It is after we have heard from both
the petitioner and the respondent and a guilty verdict is entered; that
a recommendation for disciplinary action can be made to the relevant
authorities.
“All these procedures have to be followed before any action can
be taken. As of today, to the best of my knowledge, there has not been
any petition before the party.”
As at the time of filing this report, attempts to get official
comments from the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun,
and Secretary, Mai Mala Buni, who act as spokesmen for the party, were
futile.
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