Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) on Wednesday said the party lost Deputy Senate Presidency to PDP because many of its senators were absent from Tuesday’s inauguration.
Melaye, who briefed newsmen in Abuja, said all the APC senators present at the inauguration voted for the APC contestant, Sen. Ali Ndume, but lost because many APC senators were absent.
“Those that made APC to lose the Deputy Senate Presidency yesterday were those who stayed away from the chamber.
“If they had come, we would have won, we stood by our party, we nominated Sen. Ali Ndume, and the man who seconded the motion is a Senator from Kwara.
According to him, 20 APC members are in the chamber as at the time of the election and we all vote for Ndume.
He said that the APC was neither divided nor polarised.
The APC candidate, Sen. Ali Ndume, polled 20 votes, while the PDP candidate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, polled 54 votes to emerge winner.
The PDP has 49 senators and APC, 58. (NAN)http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/melaye-blames-apc-senators-for-loss-of-deputy-senate-presidency/


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They choosed party meeting for election





Over hyped FTC

Too little too late, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu remains the deputy.

This man should just keep shut lest thunder fires him. He 'dashed' out the Deputy Senate Presidency slot to PDP and he's here blabbing. The respect I used to have for Saraki and Dino Melaye has just diminished. I love the way Ndume was treated. He never knew Saraki had met with PDP Senators to offer them the 'Deputy Presidential' slot. He thought he had played fast on his fellow APC Senators to emerge the Deputy to Saraki. He may have dumped Saraki by now since his 'supposed' slot was freely given to Ekwerimadu and Saraki is in for a long thing.

The PDP Senators should know that they were the greatest losers yesterday. Out of the 57 Senators that were present at the hallowed chamber of the Senate during the 'sham' Election, only 8 of them were APC Senators. If a PDP Senator had moved a motion to nominate a fellow PDP Senator (say David Mark), he would have won the contest hands down and Saraki would have felt betrayed by now (which would have gladdened my heart). Saraki betrayed their trust in him when he defected to APC, he also betrayed APC's trust when he shunned the meeting convened by the President at the ICC and went to the floor of the Senate, they (PDP) should have also betrayed him by electing a PDP man as Senate President. I would have preferred it that way. PDP goofed!

So Melaye was blind or deaf not to know of the whereabouts of his APC colleagues, yet they went ahead with the election?

Do I sense remorse? The scales caused by greed are beginning to fall off.

Watching......

Congratulations IKE!










PDP shall rise again!!

Ezenwammadu:


According to him, 20 APC members are in the chamber as at the time of the election and we all vote for Ndume.

The APC candidate, Sen. Ali Ndume, polled 20 votes, while the PDP candidate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, polled 54 votes to emerge winner.
The PDP has 49 senators and APC, 58 /

Dino is a stuppiid liar. If PDP has 49 senators, from where came the extra 5 votes that gave Ekweremadu 54 votes?

Dino Melaye has not learnt anything from what led to his being suspended in the House of Representatives for months around 2010. He is already getting himself involved in controversies.

Senator Ekweremadu is the DSP , nobody can change it. He will complete four years tenure.

Dino is a liar.Ekweremmadu got 54 votes.PDP has 49 senators where did rhe other 5 votes come from other than senators of like mind.l can bet my left balls that dino voted for lke

LMAO. The thieves forgot that they went into the senate as minority. what if PDP hijacked the whole thing? After all they were present and constituted a majority? Would they have run out? They had it all planned to split the positions, but PDP played a fast one on them. They are too ashamed to admit their obvious stupidity. Alli modu sherrif must be hiding somewhere in shame and regret. Shows how greed can push a person. They were not thinking at all. Very poor calculations.

Dino Melaye is mad! He would have still voted for Ekweremadu if the other APC senators were present. he and his fellow betrayals have already planned to give pdp the deputy Senate president. he should stop lying.

OrlandoOwoh:
Dino Melaye has not learnt anything from what led to his being suspended in the House of Representatives for months around 2010. He is already getting himself involved in controversies.

He always behave foolish once food is ready

Cry cry babies una never chee chong ching... Deal with it he is d DSP..gbagam! Does dat ring a bell? Lolz

Cry cry babies una never chee chong ching... Deal with it he is d DSP..gbagam! Does dat ring a bell? Lolz......

Dino..just keep quiet!!!!!!!

baby124:
LMAO. The thieves forgot that they went into the senate as minority. what if PDP hijacked the whole thing? After all they were present and constituted a majority? Would they have run out? They had it all planned to split the positions, but PDP played a fast one on them. They are too ashamed to admit their obvious stupidity. Alli modu sherrif must be hiding somewhere in shame and regret. Shows how greed can push a person. They were not thinking at all. Very poor calculations.

It would have been a great source of comic relief, had PDP serve Bukola cold tea

JackBaueress1:
Dino Melaye is mad! He would have still voted for Ekweremadu if the other APC senators were present. he and his fellow betrayals have already planned to give pdp the deputy Senate president. he should stop lying.

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Sis, Dino's matter has gone beyond madness, he has entered trouble in his native kogi.

Kogi people are due to go to the polls for governorship later in the year and the good people of Kogi have every plan of chasing out PDP but Dino has by his "oversabi" breathed life into the comatose Kogi PDP & the likes of Audu Ogbeh are maaaaaaadddddd!!!

He's trying to dodge the bullets but there is no rest for the wicked.

StOla:
So Melaye was blind or deaf not to know of the whereabouts of his APC colleagues, yet they went ahead with the election?

Do I sense remorse? The scales caused by greed are beginning to fall off.

Dino has no remorse for what happened , where were the APC senators while the rest were conducting themselves , all of them left for Buharis meeting when something as crucial as election was going on ..... They didn't even fear the fact that PDP may whether by omission or commission form majority and quorum and take over the mantle of leadership .....


Dino was merely mocking the APC crycry babies led by Tinubu.

Sir your speech is heroic! Time will tell!

Dino should just shut up .



It is very certain that most of the active players in this whole brouhaha are not mindful of the implications of their actions when they were acting and the most foolish of them is this Melaye who still have a very long way to go politically.


While most of his other comrades are former governors and they are only in the senate to enjoy their retirement Dino still have his eyes on been elected as a governor in Kogi state and he is dying another man's death forgetting his own future.

StOla:
S[b]o Melaye was blind or deaf not to know of the whereabouts of his APC colleagues, yet they went ahead with the election?[/b]

Do I sense remorse? The scales caused by greed are beginning to fall off.

The bold rebukes his senseless lies

This idi.ot thinks every Nigerian is mumu. You stabbed your party and you still claim you voted Ndume, PDP really messed up they should have voted David mark instead. Lets see how traitors end at least you cant rush to APC for succour when cornered by PDP.

vedaxcool:


It would have been a great source of comic relief, had PDP serve Bukola cold tea

It would have served him right.
At least, DSP is something.
PDP has changed the product of the equation now.
There is no way APC will take major decision at National Assembly without PDP.

baby124:
LMAO. The thieves forgot that they went into the senate as minority. what if PDP hijacked the whole thing? After all they were present and constituted a majority? Would they have run out? They had it all planned to split the positions, but PDP played a fast one on them. They are too ashamed to admit their obvious stupidity. Alli modu sherrif must be hiding somewhere in shame and regret. Shows how greed can push a person. They were not thinking at all. Very poor calculations.

Ali Ndume rather!

donphilopus:
This man should just keep shut lest thunder fires him. He 'dashed' out the Deputy Senate Presidency slot to PDP and he's here blabbing. The respect I used to have for Saraki and Dino Melaye has just diminished. I love the way Ndume was treated. He never knew Saraki had met with PDP Senators to offer them the 'Deputy Presidential' slot. He thought he had played fast on his fellow APC Senators to emerge the Deputy to Saraki. He may have dumped Saraki by now since his 'supposed' slot was freely given to Ekwerimadu and Saraki is in for a long thing.

The PDP Senators should know that they were the greatest losers yesterday. Out of the 57 Senators that were present at the hallowed chamber of the Senate during the 'sham' Election, only 8 of them were APC Senators. If a PDP Senator had moved a motion to nominate a fellow PDP Senator (say David Mark), he would have won the contest hands down and Saraki would have felt betrayed by now (which would have gladdened my heart). Saraki betrayed their trust in him when he defected to APC, he also betrayed APC's trust when he shunned the meeting convened by the President at the ICC and went to the floor of the Senate, they (PDP) should have also betrayed him by electing a PDP man as Senate President. I would have preferred it that way. PDP goofed!

Don-fool-opus

viczing:



Don-fool-opus

You think I take fools like you seriously? You are as daft as your clueless master.

Tvegas:
This idiot think every Nigerian is mumu. You stabbed your party and you still claim you voted Ndume, PDP really messed up they should have voted David mark instead. Lets see how traitors end at least you cant rush to APC for succour when cornered by PDP.

The Saraki faction were very smart to stay back unlike some dull ones ... had it been they also attended the ill conceived Buhari's meeting, the PDP might have played the smart one on APC as a whole and installed David Mark before the APCs arrival cuz the Clerk of the house woulda conducted election as far as quorum is achieved and the Majority party is present through their representatives.

donphilopus:


You think I take fools like you seriously? You are as daft as your clueless master.

Don-fool-opus ma nigga, why are you pained like a girl in her cramps... you a man calm down what befell pdp will befall apc sooner than later

They shall gather but becos is not of the lord they shall scatter says the Lord

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viczing:


Don-fool-opus ma nigga, why are you pained like a girl in her cramps... you a man calm down what befell pdp will befall apc sooner than later

They shall gather but becos is not of the lord they shall scatter says the Lord

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Stop spewing gibberish because I won't read it.