A traditional ruler in Oyo state, the Atapa of Itapa Ijesa, Dr. Olapade
Agoro, has threatened to file a lawsuit against Senator Dino Melaye over
his verbal attack on Senator Remi Tinubu during the senate plenary
early this month. Speaking to the Nation at his palace yesterday, Agoro
who is a politician and religious leader said
โNo wonder, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, without mincing words,
told the whole world that the National Assembly is full of corrupt
legislators. That was a weighty statement. When you say corruption, you
are not limiting it to taking bribe.
It could be immoral. By what he did on the floor of
the Senate, I will say Melaye has committed immorality. For this young
man to have lost morality and commonsense on the floor of the hallowed
chamber, to have threatened to beat up a woman, that was too much. You
donโt say you want to beat up another manโs wife on the hallowed
chamber; forget who the husband is. That issue is beyond political
scene. It raises the question of morality. When a man says he will beat
up another manโs wife and even impregnate her, it means the man has
admitted to be a rapist. By now, the police should have stepped in. Itโs
a reckless and senseless vituperation that should be taken beyond the
floor of the Senate. The young man has been so reckless ever since he
became a senator. It shows how corrupt he is. I donโt know why that type
of character should be allowed to continue staying in the Senate. The
APC should have by now sanctioned him to protect the name of the party,
not demanding an apology from him. I could have taken him court, if not
for anything, because we donโt expect characters like him in the
Senate. He should be made to face the musicโโ.
