SAN FRANCISCO, July 18, (THEWILL) – Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has written to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, seeking police protection.
Tinubu, who represents the Lagos Central Senatorial District in the Senate, in a letter dated Monday July 18 explained that she made the request following the menacing July 14 behaviour of Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West, towards her during a senate session.
“I am Senator Oluremi Tinubu representing the Lagos Central Senatorial District of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” the letter reads.
“During the proceedings of the senate on Tuesday, July 14 2016, I had cause to contribute to a matter of national importance. Apparently dissatisfied with my contributions, Senator Dino Melaye threw caution to the winds, resorted to vulgar abuse of my person and wanted to assault me.
“It was the timely intervention of a number of colleagues which prevented Senator Melaye from unleashing physical attack on me. However, as the leadership of the senate did not call him to order in the circumstance, he proceeded to threaten my life without any provocation whatsoever.
“In view of Senator Melaye’s antecedent particularly in the House of Representatives, where a brawl led by him had led to the untimely death of a member, I have decided not to ignore his threat to my life. Therefore, I’m compelled to urge you to use your good offices to provide me with adequate security.
“Please accept the assurances of my highest regards and esteem.
“Yours sincerely,
“Senator Oluremi Tinubu, OON.”
THEWILL recalls that Melaye allegedly said he would beat up and impregnate Tinubu nothing would happen.
Her husband, Asiwaju Tinubu warned Melaye, through his spokesman Sunday Dare, saying “things will happen,” calling him “a disgrace to the Senate of the Republic.”
Responding, Melaye declared that he wasn’t afraid and even travelled to Lagos at the weekend, taking to social media to announce his arrival and his readiness to confront those who had dared him to show up in the state.
He also shared pictures of himself walking freely on Bourdillion Road, where the Tinubu’s reside.
Melaye is said to have a very violent past with failed marriages owing to domestic abuse.
Responding to Tinubu’s letter to the IGP, Melaye shared a scanned copy of the letter on his Facebook wall.
Story by David Oputah
