Breaking news! Has the controversial and embattled senator representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye on the platform of the All Progressives Congress defected to the opposition party, PDP where he actually belonged before joining APC?
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Senator Dino Melaye, attended plenary on Wednesday in a cervical collar and with a walking stick.
This is the first time Melaye would be at the Senate in over one month.
Mr Melaye, who appeared in the chamber with a neck support, asked the leadership of the National Assembly to create a seat for him at the opposition wing of the chamber, a development that sparked off reactions and insinuations to the effect that he is pitching a tent with the opposition party.
However, raising a point of order on Wednesday, Mr Melaye thanked his colleagues, members of the House of Representatives, his constituents, the leadership of the PDP and the Nigerian populace for standing by him during his travails with the Senate.
Thereafter, he announced he would sit beside former Senate President, David Mark, pending the time a seat will be allocated to him.
He was thereafter aided by some of his colleagues to his preferred seat.
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The lawmaker had been involved in struggles with men of the Nigeria Police before his arraignment before Abuja and Kogi State courts over alleged gun-running, attempted suicide, among others.
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He was injured and hospitalised over injuries he sustained in one of the struggles.
Melaye raised a point of order to thanks the Senate, the House of Representatives and the leaderships for defending him during his travails.
Details shortly…
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