Dino Melaye, lawmaker
representing Kogi west, put up “a show of bravery” during the protest staged by
some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in Abuja on Friday.
Led by Senate President Bukola
Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, PDP
chieftains stormed INEC office over the Osun state governorship election.
Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) was declared winner of the exercise which the PDP claimed
Ademola Adeleke, its candidate, won.
Melaye was among the PDP members
who asked INEC to declare Adeleke winner.
In a video which Ben
Murray-Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east, posted on social media, Melaye
was seen arguing with policemen stationed at the head office of the commission.
About four officers shoved Melaye
but the senator who branded a cap with the inscription: SDM (Senator Dino
Melaye), stood his ground.
At that point, his supporters in
the crowd started chanting “Dino! Dino! Dino!”.
Watch the video below:
This is the video as best as we could get in the circumstances. We have a democratic right to peaceful protest and freedom of association. This act is unconscionable in a democracy. pic.twitter.com/wxmY9wWvFE— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) 5 October 2018
That's NASS chief thug in action. Shameful elements. They make laws they themselves didn't understand.
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