Politics
Melaye denies booing Buhari
The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has denied booing President Muhammadu Buhari at the joint session of the National Assembly, when Buhari made the 2019 budget estimates presentation on December 19.
It would be recalled that President Buhari had a hard time making his presentation due to rancorous and noisy reactions from some lawmakers believed to belong to the opposition..
Melaye, who is recuperating in a police hospital in Abuja after collapsing, said he was not part of the lawmakers that booed the president because he was not present at the joint session.
The Kogi lawmaker, who surrendered to the police after an eight-day siege on his residence in Abuja, said this in a statement signed by his media aide, Gideon Ayodele, adding that the denial was not out of fear but to put the record straight.
The statement read: “The attention of Senator Dino Melaye has been drawn to a malicious reference to his person on the social media as one of the lawmakers who booed President Muhammadu Buhari during his 2019 Budget presentation before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday, December 19, 2018.
“Before now, he (Melaye) had refused to refute the mischievous social media fabrication for what it is — a cheap lie — Senator Dino Melaye was not in the National Assembly that day.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Distinguished Senator Dino Melaye was absent at the televised 2019 budget presentation session and hereby challenges anyone with contrary proof to come forward with such”.
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