Apologize to Tinubu, Lagos APC tells Dino Melaye

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has condemned the threat by Senator Dino Melaye to beat up Senator Oluremi Tinubu.

In a statement issued on Wednesday by its Publicity Secretary, Joe Igbokwe, the party demanded an immediate apology from the Kogi senator to apologise to Senator Oluremi Tinubu and her husband, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

"Our attention has been drawn to a reckless and unguarded statement credited to one Senator Dino Melaye from Kogi State, who said he will beat up our own distinguished Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central and that nothing will happen.

"We take it that this is a slip of the tongue but if it is, indeed, true that this statement came from the heart of Dino Melaye, we need a psychiatric doctor to examine the state of his mind.

"Senator Dino Melaye has been in the news in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the wrong reasons. His actions and deeds in recent times have contributed in no uncertain terms to various setbacks we have witnessed in the 8th Senate since its inception on June 9 2015.

"The hallowed chamber of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a prestigious place for the serious-minded, cerebral men and women of honour and integrity, those who can hold their heads when others are losing theirs, experienced but humble men and women.

"It is not for lunatics, rascals, street urchins, ethically-challenged bigots or integrity-challenged charlatans.

"It seems to us in Lagos APC that Senator Dino Melaye has reached a point of diminishing returns. The unstable and funny man from Kogi State has reached a point where there is no other place to go but to go down irretrievably.

"He can only go down with his likes and not with our own Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the highly revered, honoured and distinguished wife of our national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

"Lagos APC wants Dino Melaye to move quickly to apologize to Senator Oluremi Tinubu and her beloved husband, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and have the statement credited to him withdrawn without any further delay."