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Like a movie series, the long duel between Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello [GYB] and the Senator representing Kogi West in the upper legislative chamber, Dino Melaye, takes newer dramatic turns at every time one feels it has neared an end.
In one of his recent posts on his official Twitter account, Sen. Melaye, who one would have thought would be sober over his looming recall by his constituents [A project alleged by the senator to be sponsored by his political foe, Gov. Bello] announced himself as the ‘Terminator Senator’.
In the viral ‘Terminator Senator’ tweet, Melaye who likened himself to a world-famous actor, Arnold Schwarzenneger in the film “TOTAL RECALL” said his antagonists, GYB is cruising for a bruising.
They obviously have not watched the Arnold Schwazenneger film TOTAL RECALL. GYB is cruising for a bruising from Senator Terminator! Na God!
— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) June 23, 2017
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Recall that TheNewsGuru had earlier reported that Melaye filed a lawsuit at the Federal high Court in Abuja seeking a court injunction to halt his recall from the Senate.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), confirmed the receipt of a petition against Melaye from his constituents and promised to embark on the process of verifying over 188,000 signatures submitted to the commission.
In as much as it is difficult for one to state the root cause of the brawl between Melaye and Gov Bello, the strain in their relationship has been on for and months, with both of them freely exchanging invectives.
The governor has called the Senator a “child” who “lacks proper parental care and upbringing…a social menace in the society.”
Melaye has referred to Bello as a man who is “afraid of anyone with a rising profile, a characteristic of one suffering superiority complex and intellectual stagnancy.”
Melaye says civil servants haven’t been paid their salaries in Kogi for like forever.
The Governor disagrees.
“Sincerely speaking, Kogi State is living in peace. Projects are ongoing. We are all happy over there. Salaries are being paid as and when due and we are making serious progress,” the Governor demurred.
Melaye alleges that the Governor has attempted to have him assassinated twice.
According to the lawmaker, Bello wants him dead only because he’s been railing against the poor performance of the Governor since he was inaugurated.
Melaye has called for a state of emergency to be declared in his home state.
“I will seek the leave of this senate to bring a proper motion to ask for the declaration of a State of emergency in Kogi state. As I speak to you, Kogi state is no longer passable since Yahaya Bello became the Governor. Kidnap is going on, on daily basis. Insecurity on the rise than ever. There have been four jail breaks in Kotorn Karfe prison”, says Melaye during a recent plenary session.