. As Ndume Asks Senate To Probe Certificate Scandal
A lawmaker representing Borno South, Senator Ali Ndume, has called on the upper chamber of the National Assembly to investigate the certificate scandal involving Senator Dino Melaye.
An online platform had in a report alleged that Melaye did not graduate from the Ahmad Bello University, ABU, Zaria, Kaduna State as he claims. But this allegation has been denied by the Kogi-West Senator.
But speaking at the plenary on Tuesday, the immediate past Majority Leader of the Senate reminded his colleagues that similar cases in the National Assembly were probed in the past.
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over the plenary, referred the matter to the Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, which was asked to report back to the lawmakers in four weeks.
While speaking with journalists after plenary, Melaye said no senator is above investigation.
“We welcome the development. It will finally clear the air of all malicious allegations,” Melaye told journalists.
“Sahara reporters are obsessed with me. They use me for marketing and whenever their profile and patronage is down they use me to generate traffic. I will not be surprised if by tomorrow Sahara reporters say that I am not a Nigerian.
“To say that I did not graduate from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) zaria is to say that I am not a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”