I’ve forgiven Melaye as a Christian, Senator Tinubu says

Senator Oluremi Tinubu said regardless of the way and manner she was addressed by Sen Dino Melaye that as a Christian she has forgiven him.

The senator representing the Lagos-Central Senatorial District said this on Wednesday when members of the Lagos State House of Assembly from her zone and the All Progressives Congress caucus and some party leaders paid her a solidarity visit at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.

“When the Senate President invited me yesterday (Tuesday) and I gave my word. You can see the channel I have taken in the aftermath of the event. I reported to the IGP; I wrote to him also, after I waited for one week. When it happened, it was him I went to. I waited for one week and nothing was done. I also wrote to our party chairman.

“I met with the Senate leadership after one week; I met with him (Senate President) yesterday. And as a Christian, I said I had already forgiven him (Melaye) for even with the way I was treated. But the point is that what people don’t realise is that I am a very reserved person. After I gave my word to him (Bukola Saraki) yesterday, I told myself that at 55 I am not a wimp of anybody.

“I witnessed the Sani Abacha regime and I know what I saw and why I am committed to this cause. But now, my hands are tied to say I forgive people. I am a Christian; when I give my word, I must abide by it. But I am not scared to follow this through.

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“I am not championing a cause for women. I am only standing in my space and if my space is encroached upon, I have to fight back. Rosa Parks wasn’t an activist; she just decided to sit in her space and not give up her space anybody in a bus. And that sent a message.

“I want to use this opportunity to thank all the Nigerian women who rose up; the women rights groups who are calling, conducting press conferences and doing a lot of things,” she said.

Senator Mrs Tinubu also refuted the allegation of sponsoring the women groups who protested against Melaye. She said her stewardship with the people of her constituency in the last five years may have inspired the protest.

Tinubu said, “I didn’t give anybody (any money); I don’t even have N80m in my personal salary account in the Senate. And I don’t think if I have any other savings I want to use it to mobilise women to protest. What about the investments we have put into politics? How much has that done for this country?”

 

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