After the attacks on him for following the wife of the senate President, Mrs Oluwatoyin Saraki to the EFCC office for alleged corruption charges, Senator Dino Melaye has decided to respond. Saying he does not regret the action and will stand by her until she's proven not innocent he went on to release his own personla statement. Read it below:
“Stand up for what you believe in regardless of the popularity or acceptance of
your belief”, “I chose to react to the
attacks I have received Sent from my iPad."
“The invitation of Mrs. Toyin Saraki
by the EFCC, however, is not a criminal indictment. I will not abandon my
friend because of mere EFCC invitation. I also went there as a private
investigator and an anti-corruption crusader to find out the extent of
culpability of my sister and friend since she was not told the content of the
petition against her before her appearance before the EFCC.
“My definition for friendship is he
or she who walks in when others are working out. If my father is invited by the
EFCC, I will go there; if a prima face case is established against him, I will
shout for his prosecution. So my great people, I have no regret following my
friend and sister to the EFCC. If you are my friend, you are my friend. I
cannot control what my friends will do, but they remain my friends. I am not
fighting corruption out of passion only, but because it is the Godly thing to
do.
“I was arrested 14 times in one year
by the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan because I
desire a country where my grandchildren (that I may never know) will dwell in a
nation where life is already structured for them. I cannot throw away my
sacrifice of being beaten and my clothes torn on the floor of the House of
Representatives because of fighting against corruption. I have come too far to
compromise my stand on corruption and corrupt persons.
“I make bold here to challenge
anybody who will controvert the truth that I have never done any government
contract, either at the Local Government, State or Federal levels. It is not
criminal to do so, but he who must come to equity must come with clean hands. I
have made sacrifices to the extent of escaping assignations. Will my fellow
citizens forget all these too quickly on the altar of loyalty to friends,
family and loved ones? My loyalty to friends is not only when the going is
good. I will be there even when the roads are rough.
“Finally, Winston Churchill said, “I
may not believe in what you have to say, but I will defend to death, your right
to say it.” No change of values, in the next few months ahead, Nigerians will
those who want President Muhammadu Buhari to succeed. I promise to be with the
people at all times, within the constitutional milieu. I thank you for taking
your time. Be a change agent! God bless you and bless Nigeria.”
Sign…
Otunba (Senator) Dino Melaye
Melaye
in a statement entitled: “Stand up for what you believe in regardless
of the popularity or acceptance of your belief”, and issued on Friday in
Abuja, said he has I made sacrifices to the extent of escaping
assignations.
He said, “I chose to react to the attacks I have received Sent from my iPad
He said, “I chose to react to the attacks I have received Sent from my iPad
“I was arrested 14 times in one year by the administration of
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan because I desire a country where my
grandchildren (that I may never know) will dwell in a nation where life
is already structured for them. I cannot throw away my sacrifice of
being beaten and my clothes torn on the floor of the House of
Representatives because of fighting against corruption. I have come too
far to compromise my stand on corruption and corrupt persons.
“I make bold here to challenge anybody who will controvert the
truth that I have never done any government contract, either at the
Local Government, State or Federal levels. It is not criminal to do so,
but he who must come to equity must come with clean hands. I have made
sacrifices to the extent of escaping assignations. Will my fellow
citizens forget all these too quickly on the altar of loyalty to
friends, family and loved ones? My loyalty to friends is not only when
the going is good. I will be there even when the roads are rough.
“The invitation of Mrs. Toyin Saraki by the EFCC, however, is not a
criminal indictment. I will not abandon my friend because of mere EFCC
invitation. I also went there as a private investigator and an
anti-corruption crusader to find out the extent of culpability of my
sister and friend since she was not told the content of the petition
against her before her appearance before the EFCC.
“My definition for friendship is he or she who walks in when others
are working out. If my father is invited by the EFCC, I will go there;
if a prima face case is established against him, I will shout for his
prosecution. So my great people, I have no regret following my friend
and sister to the EFCC. If you are my friend, you are my friend. I
cannot control what my friends will do, but they remain my friends. I am
not fighting corruption out of passion only, but because it is the
Godly thing to do.
“Finally, Winston Churchill said, “I may not believe in what you
have to say, but I will defend to death, your right to say it.” No
change of values, in the next few months ahead, Nigerians will those who
want President Muhammadu Buhari to succeed. I promise to be with the
people at all times, within the constitutional milieu. I thank you for
taking your time. Be a change agent! God bless you and bless Nigeria.”
- See more at: http://247nigerianewsupdate.co/why-i-went-to-efcc-with-mrs-saraki-dino-melaye-opens-up/#sthash.NpTPtros.dpuf
Sign…
Otunba (Senator) Dino Melaye
Melaye
in a statement entitled: “Stand up for what you believe in regardless
of the popularity or acceptance of your belief”, and issued on Friday in
Abuja, said he has I made sacrifices to the extent of escaping
assignations.
He said, “I chose to react to the attacks I have received Sent from my iPad
He said, “I chose to react to the attacks I have received Sent from my iPad
“I was arrested 14 times in one year by the administration of
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan because I desire a country where my
grandchildren (that I may never know) will dwell in a nation where life
is already structured for them. I cannot throw away my sacrifice of
being beaten and my clothes torn on the floor of the House of
Representatives because of fighting against corruption. I have come too
far to compromise my stand on corruption and corrupt persons.
“I make bold here to challenge anybody who will controvert the
truth that I have never done any government contract, either at the
Local Government, State or Federal levels. It is not criminal to do so,
but he who must come to equity must come with clean hands. I have made
sacrifices to the extent of escaping assignations. Will my fellow
citizens forget all these too quickly on the altar of loyalty to
friends, family and loved ones? My loyalty to friends is not only when
the going is good. I will be there even when the roads are rough.
“The invitation of Mrs. Toyin Saraki by the EFCC, however, is not a
criminal indictment. I will not abandon my friend because of mere EFCC
invitation. I also went there as a private investigator and an
anti-corruption crusader to find out the extent of culpability of my
sister and friend since she was not told the content of the petition
against her before her appearance before the EFCC.
“My definition for friendship is he or she who walks in when others
are working out. If my father is invited by the EFCC, I will go there;
if a prima face case is established against him, I will shout for his
prosecution. So my great people, I have no regret following my friend
and sister to the EFCC. If you are my friend, you are my friend. I
cannot control what my friends will do, but they remain my friends. I am
not fighting corruption out of passion only, but because it is the
Godly thing to do.
“Finally, Winston Churchill said, “I may not believe in what you
have to say, but I will defend to death, your right to say it.” No
change of values, in the next few months ahead, Nigerians will those who
want President Muhammadu Buhari to succeed. I promise to be with the
people at all times, within the constitutional milieu. I thank you for
taking your time. Be a change agent! God bless you and bless Nigeria.”
- See more at: http://247nigerianewsupdate.co/why-i-went-to-efcc-with-mrs-saraki-dino-melaye-opens-up/#sthash.NpTPtros.dpuf
Sign…
Otunba (Senator) Dino Melaye
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