Dino Melaye |
Senator Dino Melaye has said he will continue to speak the
truth even if it costs him his life.
“You speak the truth, you die; you lie, you die. Melaye
Daniel Dino has decided to speak the truth and die,” the Senator representing
Kogi West said on Wednesday in reaction to a letter that the Attorney-General
of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, wrote to the
Senate.
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of
Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, had written the President of the Senate, Dr.
Bukola Saraki, saying it would be sub-judicial for the upper chamber to insist
that the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hammed Ali
(retd.) should wear the NCS uniform.
Melaye, who made reference to the degree-certificate scandal
involving him by describing himself as an authentic graduate and student of the
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, condemned Malami’s letter, saying it was an
insult to the Senate.
He said, “What we have from the Attorney-General of the
Federation is an insult on the institution of the National Assembly and the
Senate to be precise.
“I ask again, where did the Attorney-General of the
Federation who we screened on this floor derive his powers from to authorise,
direct the Senate or suggest to the Senate how to carry out our constitutional
mandate?
“The Attorney-General has no such powers to suggest to us,
to direct us, to motivate us, or even imply by inference how we should carry
out our (duty).”
Senate asks Customs CG, Hameed Ali, to resign
He argued that the AGF’s letter was asking the Senate to
suspend its constitutional duty because of “a mere court process”, not an
injunction or order.
He also said that based on the civil service rules, Hameed
Ali was not fit to be Customs CG because he was over 60 years old, which was
the retirement age in the service.
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