Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has written the Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris to draw attention to the alleged threat posed to her life by Senator Dino Melaye with whom she had a well publicised brawl last week.
According to Senator Tinubu, following her shouting match with Senator Melaye on Tuesday, her life was no longer safe, just as she alleged that Melaye’s brawl with a colleague when he was in the House of Representatives led to the death of his colleague then.
In a letter dated July 18 and received same date by the office of the Inspector General of Police, Senator Tinubu noted that it was unfair that the leadership of the Senate failed to rebuke Senate Melaye during the executive session when the ‘fight’ ensued.
Senator Tinubu’s letter titled, ‘ Request for Police Protection’ read, ” I am Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing the Lagos Central Senatorial District of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
” During the proceedings of the Senate on Tuesday, July, 14, 2016, I had cause to contribute to a matter of national importance. Apparently dissatisfied with my contributions, Senator Dino Melaye threw caution to the winds, resorted to vulgar abuse of my person and wanted to assault me.
“It was the timely intervention of a number of colleagues which prevented Senator Melaye from unleashing physical attack on me. However, as the leadership of the Senate did not call him to order in the circumstance, he proceeded to threaten my life without any provocation whatsoever.
“In view of Senator Melaye’s antecedent particularly in the House of Representatives where a brawl led to the untimely death of a member, I have decided not to ignore his threat to my life.
“Therefore, Iam compelled to urge you to use your good offices to provide me with adequate Security. “
