No fewer than fifty Women on Wednesday stormed the National Assembly, protesting the utterances of Senator Dino Melaye against Senator Oluremi Tinubu.
Melaye and Tinubu had last week engaged in a verbal war during executive session. It was alleged that Melaye threatened to beat and impregnated her.
The protesters who wore T-shirts with inscriptions that reads: “No to impunity for gender based violence”, were heard chanting, “Stop violence against women”
They carried placards that reads, ” Support gender equality opportunity bill”, “A Senator is a Senator, women are not threat object”, Senate Leadership silence in the face of violence against women is conspiracy”, “Say no to impunity” among others.
Speaking with newsmen, a women leader of the APC, Mrs. Kemi Nelson, stated enough is enough, and asked the Senate to take a disciplinary action against Melaye.
“This is impunity and it has to be stopped, we must be accorded our right,” she said.
Melaye had while addressing newsmen said it was Senator Tinubu that first attacked him verbally and that he only reacted to her utterances.
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