Senator Dino Melaye starts the blame game.

Senator Dino Melaye representing representing Kogi West Senatorial district,has stated that it was due to the absence of some APC senators at the 8th Assembly inauguration that made the Peoples Democratic Party, Ike Ekweremadu, to emerge as the Deputy Senate President.

He pointed out that if all APC senators were present at the inauguration, they would have voted for the APC contestant, Ali Ndume.His statement below.

“Those who made APC to lose the Deputy Senate Presidency yesterday are those who stayed away from the Chamber,” he said, referring to pro-Lawan lawmakers who say they missed the session to meet President Muhammadu Buhari.

“If they had come, we would have won.
“For you to know that we stood by our party, we nominated Ali Ndume. We who were in the chambers as at the time of the election were 20 APC members and we voted for Ndume as at that time,” he said.