Embattled senator, Dino Melaye, has finally broken
his silence after weeks of keeping mum, saying he has
bounced back.
Melaye representing Kogi West at the National
Assembly, in a message tagged, " THANK YOU
NIGERIANS" posted to Daily Trust via WhatsApp,
said he would continue to speak the truth.
It reads: "Someone once said that rock bottom is good
solid ground and a dead-end street is just a place to turn
around. In the last few weeks, I have been taken to the good
solid ground at the rock bottom and they couldn’t go
further.
I have been brought to the dead-end street but with you
standing by my side, I have turned around and bounced
back to the chagrin of those who sought to seal my lips
from speaking out against tyranny, politics of oppression
and blackmail.
"They, unleashed an endless barrage of physical,
psychological, metaphysical and emotional torture and
assault on me, but, through the power of the Most High,
and you the good people of Nigeria, we have once again,
seen the triumph of truth over lies and good over evil.
"It was Edmund Burke who was quoted as saying that when
bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall one by one.... In a contemptible struggle. I am of all
men, a blessed man, to have courageous and dependable
people like you as my fellow soldiers in the struggle to free
us from the shackles of political strongholds and tyranny. It
is to you and my most wonderful and ever knowledgeable
people of Kogi State, especially Kogi West, that I owe my
deepest gratitude. You stood by me against the state and
your own ‘best political self-interest’.
"The state unleashed its raw power on me and released a
200 man-strong fully armed policemen - on a man without
a knife nor a bullet. It did this because I called injustice by
its name and called for accountability. For this they sought
to break my spirit and destroy me permanently.
"In their moment of reign, I was fully shackled. With my
hands tied to my back, and hurled into a dark solitary
confinement waiting for the butchers knife, you, my people
stood by me. You came against a raging fire and stood up
against tyranny, lies, filthy lucre, injustice, persecution and
greed."
On the failed move to recall him, Melaye said:
"While in the dark and unable to fight for myself, they
sought to take my mandate, which you had freely given to
me. But you answered back and quenched deceit in its
wake. You stood resolute and unflinching and defended your
mandate to me. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
In their attempt to break me, they have made me stronger.
"To you my indefatigable leaders; my irremovable President
of the Senate, a man of immeasurable vision for Nigeria and
true fighter for the enthronement of true democracy and the
rule of law, Sen. (Dr.) Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
"The fearless Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt.
Hon. Yakubu Dogara, I thank you both for your
steadfastness in the defence of the Nigerian Constitution and
the enthronement of the Rule of Law, justice and equity and
the emasculation of anti-democratic forces and tyranny
everywhere in Nigeria. I am eternally grateful to you.
"To the entire National Assembly Membership, especially
my colleagues in the Senate, I am eternally indebted to you
for not playing politics but standing courageously against
oppression and terror. You have shown yourself leaders on
whom Nigeria’s hope for tomorrow can be assured."
Reaffirming his position, he said: " To my people, I
promise you this and this only. I have taken my position, I
will not hold back, I will not hold my peace, I will not be
shut down, neither will I shut-up, not as long as injustice
and falsehood continues to reign, as long as I will live, I will
not bow to Baal ."
In a previous report by NAIJ.com, the lawmaker
representing Kogi west at the National Assembly,
Senator Dino Melaye, lamented over his situation
under the current administration of President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Melaye who subtly threw a dig at the current
administration in an Instagram message on
Sunday, May 20, posted that he was never
framed up for fighting former president Goodluck
Jonathan.
"I was never framed up for fighting Jonathan.Never
arraigned! Aluta continua victoria asata," the outspoken
senator said.
his silence after weeks of keeping mum, saying he has
bounced back.
Melaye representing Kogi West at the National
Assembly, in a message tagged, " THANK YOU
NIGERIANS" posted to Daily Trust via WhatsApp,
said he would continue to speak the truth.
It reads: "Someone once said that rock bottom is good
solid ground and a dead-end street is just a place to turn
around. In the last few weeks, I have been taken to the good
solid ground at the rock bottom and they couldn’t go
further.
I have been brought to the dead-end street but with you
standing by my side, I have turned around and bounced
back to the chagrin of those who sought to seal my lips
from speaking out against tyranny, politics of oppression
and blackmail.
"They, unleashed an endless barrage of physical,
psychological, metaphysical and emotional torture and
assault on me, but, through the power of the Most High,
and you the good people of Nigeria, we have once again,
seen the triumph of truth over lies and good over evil.
"It was Edmund Burke who was quoted as saying that when
bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall one by one.... In a contemptible struggle. I am of all
men, a blessed man, to have courageous and dependable
people like you as my fellow soldiers in the struggle to free
us from the shackles of political strongholds and tyranny. It
is to you and my most wonderful and ever knowledgeable
people of Kogi State, especially Kogi West, that I owe my
deepest gratitude. You stood by me against the state and
your own ‘best political self-interest’.
"The state unleashed its raw power on me and released a
200 man-strong fully armed policemen - on a man without
a knife nor a bullet. It did this because I called injustice by
its name and called for accountability. For this they sought
to break my spirit and destroy me permanently.
"In their moment of reign, I was fully shackled. With my
hands tied to my back, and hurled into a dark solitary
confinement waiting for the butchers knife, you, my people
stood by me. You came against a raging fire and stood up
against tyranny, lies, filthy lucre, injustice, persecution and
greed."
On the failed move to recall him, Melaye said:
"While in the dark and unable to fight for myself, they
sought to take my mandate, which you had freely given to
me. But you answered back and quenched deceit in its
wake. You stood resolute and unflinching and defended your
mandate to me. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
In their attempt to break me, they have made me stronger.
"To you my indefatigable leaders; my irremovable President
of the Senate, a man of immeasurable vision for Nigeria and
true fighter for the enthronement of true democracy and the
rule of law, Sen. (Dr.) Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
"The fearless Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt.
Hon. Yakubu Dogara, I thank you both for your
steadfastness in the defence of the Nigerian Constitution and
the enthronement of the Rule of Law, justice and equity and
the emasculation of anti-democratic forces and tyranny
everywhere in Nigeria. I am eternally grateful to you.
"To the entire National Assembly Membership, especially
my colleagues in the Senate, I am eternally indebted to you
for not playing politics but standing courageously against
oppression and terror. You have shown yourself leaders on
whom Nigeria’s hope for tomorrow can be assured."
Reaffirming his position, he said: " To my people, I
promise you this and this only. I have taken my position, I
will not hold back, I will not hold my peace, I will not be
shut down, neither will I shut-up, not as long as injustice
and falsehood continues to reign, as long as I will live, I will
not bow to Baal ."
In a previous report by NAIJ.com, the lawmaker
representing Kogi west at the National Assembly,
Senator Dino Melaye, lamented over his situation
under the current administration of President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Melaye who subtly threw a dig at the current
administration in an Instagram message on
Sunday, May 20, posted that he was never
framed up for fighting former president Goodluck
Jonathan.
"I was never framed up for fighting Jonathan.Never
arraigned! Aluta continua victoria asata," the outspoken
senator said.
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