President
of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Monday countered Senator Abdullahi Adamu
(APC-Nasarawa West), saying there was no time he ever referred to the Senator
representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, as a “clown.”
Saraki
was reacting to the claim by Adamu that the Senate President once referred
to Melaye as a clown during a private chat with the ex-governor.
In
a statement issued on his behalf by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,
Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki alleged that Adamu had been peddling insults and lies
about him and that he had, all along, ignored him out of respect for his age.
The
Senate President pointed out that he could not have referred to Melaye, being a
colleague, as a clown, knowing that from available records, “Senator Melaye has
so far outshined and has performed better than Senator Abdullahi in terms of
the number of bills sponsored, motions raised and contributions to debate on
the Senate floor.”
Saraki
stated that Adamu’s statements should not be relied upon.
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