As the lingering crisis between
Senator Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi West, takes center stage in
national discourse, leaders from his senatorial district under the auspice of
Okun Development Association, ODA, has appealed to the All Progressives
Congress, APC, as the ruling party to come out and see to the peaceful
resolution of the crisis within its fold.
President-General of the Okun
Development Association, Mr. Femi Mokikan made the appeal in a statement issued
on Thursday in Lokoja.
According to him, from the
accounts of all that has happened in the last 72 hours between law enforcement
agents and Senator Dino Melaye, it was obvious that the law enforcement
agencies have allegedly gone beyond the bounds.
“The Okun people of Kogi State,
more than any other people, have justifiable reasons to be apprehensive at the
recent ugly dimension that his encounter with the Law Enforcement Agencies has
assumed.
“Senator Dino Malaye is like
every other person with legitimate claim to any part of Okun-people local
government areas, our own.
“Government must not deploy
extra-judicial and extra-legal methods in dealing with suspects”, he said.
The ODA President-General noted
that what they are currently witnessing is traceable to political differences
between experienced stakeholders who were leading lights to their supporters
from the same political association.
He also appealed to all the
government law enforcement agencies assigned the responsibility of looking into
the allegations against Senator Dino Melaye, to discharged the responsibility
with due respect to the laws of the land, respect the lawmaker’s fundamental
rights and protect his dignity.
“The Okun Development Association
equally appealed to all peace loving citizens of goodwill in this country who
are in a position to do so to step in and assist in the resolution of the
problem and demand that the security and safety of Senator Dino Melaye be
guaranteed in and out of custody,” he stressed.
The association also assured that
as a body they will continue ongoing behind-the-scene efforts, and also be
ready to take up any additional role that can lead to a peaceful resolution of
the matter at hand.
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I am appalled by ritualistic and prejudiced reasoning of many Nigerians. This is a major reason the nation hardly move forward
ReplyDeleteNobody seem to be asking, why Dino did not honour the invitation of the police?
If he has nothing to fear, why did he jump off the truck while arrested?
Is Dino above the law simply because he is a senator? or are they making us believe that senators are above the law?
Untile we become objective in approach and response to issues, Nigeria will only remain in a circus