A youth group made up of thousands of APC youth from the North Central,
Youth Alliance for Change, YAC has condemned the attack on the Senator
representing Kogi West people in the Senate, Senator Dino Melaye by
Senator Remi Tinubu over arguments on continued victimization of Senate
leadership by forces opposed to the emergence of Sen. Abubakar Bukola
Saraki as Senate President.
The group through a communique made
available to reporters in Abuja yesterday and signed by its Director of
Public Communication, Mallam Idris Sanni said the actions of the Senator
from Lagos smacks of “arrogance, political vendetta and betrayal of
Senate unity against external influence”.
It frowns at the
sustained attack on the leadership of the Senate over the failure of
Senator Bola Tinubu to install his stooges on the leadership of the
National Assembly, saying the National Leader of the party should be
called to order before he plunges the party into a major crisis.
“We
have watched with interest, how Senator Remi Tinubu has failed to
recover from the humiliation of his husband, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu
during the election of principal officers in the Senate. While her
husband is fighting from outside the chambers through various courts,
Remi Tinubu has continued to fight from inside.
“It is
unfortunate that Remi Tinubu has not shown any respect toward the
present leadership of the Senate just because they are not his husband
choices. The Senate belongs to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and it’s
people, not an extension of Tinubu political empire
“We know why
Tinubu wants to control everywhere ahead of the 2019 general elections.
He can put his wife, daughter and in-laws on the ballots in Lagos. He
should know Nigeria is bigger than Lagos”.
YAC expressed
“profound support for Senator Dino Melaye, who it described as “a
sterling example of youth representation in governance and symbol of
democracy, quality representation and legislative excellence via
independence”, calling on the leadership of the Senate to “sanction Remi
Tinubu for her unguarded vituperation against the Jarma of Okuta and
the Senior Advocate of the Masses of Nigeria “.
The group called
on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to protect the
victory of the party by promoting genuine change, equity and justice,
saying the party is bigger than the selfishness of some leaders who are
plunging the party into chaos for failing to actualize their aim of
controlling every institution in Nigeria.
The group also call on
all democrats in the country to remain vigilant in protecting the
“hard-earned democracy procured with the blood and sweat of democracy
martyrs”.
“Senator Dino Melaye is an institution in Nigeria. He
is followed by millions of youth across the country for his heroics in
exposing high profile corrupt cases. As an activist, he has fought
relentlessly to reverse obnoxious policies that were clearly against the
interest of the masses. He is a role model and a jewel to the party. We
are solidly behind him because we believe he is fighting on the side of
justice”, the group said.