Controversial Senator Dino Melaye, has said he may be arrested soon over his continued verbal attack on the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.<\/p>\n
The Kogi lawmaker, however, told \u00a0his colleagues he was not fazed by the possibility because ”\u00a0prisons are built for human beings and not animals”<\/p>\n
Melaye, who has been involved in different controversies of late, said this on Friday while querying the decision of the executive to retain Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), after the senate refused to confirm.<\/p>\n
\u201cI may be arrested immediately after this programme\u2026 prison is built for people and not for animals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPosterity will not forgive us when we keep silent in the face of lies and persecution.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe persecution we went through in the first two years must not continue in the second half. Mr President in leading us in this second half you must put on your seat belt; it is dangerous to drive without a seat belt.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere we need to speak the truth as senators, we must speak the truth no matter whose ox is gored. We must begin to identify that there is a uniform law in the federal republic of Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo longer shall we allow the selective application of the law of the land. What is good for Abubakar is good for Nnamdi. Mr President, we have passed some people on the floor of this senate and those people that we have also disqualified by confirmation have been replaced by Mr President.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat means that the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari recognises the powers of the senate to confirm.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy is Magu still in office? Mr President the truth is the truth, we should not have a selective application of the rule of law; one law for everybody. We must as a Senate we must preserve the integrity of this institution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Magu has been rejected twice by the upper legislative chamber, which cited a report of the Department of State Services (DSS) report that indicted the anti-graft czar of corruption.<\/p>\n
Charging his colleagues not to allow selective application of the country\u2019s laws, Melaye said President Muhammadu Buhari recognises the powers of the senate to confirm nominees.<\/p>\n
He said Buhari had replaced candidates rejected by the senate, but wondered why Magu\u2019s case is different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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