A tale of two senatorial comedians

When two seemingly well- bred Senators in Remi Tinubu and Dino Melaye  engaged  themselves in un-parliamentary behaviour before the glare of cameras and intense publicity.
The story was that Senator Remi Tinubu, wife of the former Governor of Lagos State and currently the National leader of the ruling APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu called Dino Melaye names like  ‘Dog and Thug’ and in response, the ever combative Melaye from Kogi State called her ‘Barren’, and allegedly said ‘I will beat you up and impregnate you.’
The worst form of ‘rofo-rofo’ fight between them, had by their of un-Senatorial language brought the Red Chambers into disrepute.
The verbal diahorea had caused a stir not only in the Senate but a trending story in the country.
As the story went, Mrs. Remi Tinubu has petitioned the Senate leadership and some how the Senate President did not intervene in the fracas between the two comic senators.
Side reports have said Senator Remi Tinubu was alleged to have mobilised various women groups to stage demonstrations in Abuja in solidarity.
Did that sponsored demonstration cost N75 million only in a country where many are reeling in poverty and hunger? As the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Remi Tinubu could be acting out her defence of women rights using her person as a starting point.
If we go down memory lane, the same Remi Tinubu refused to shake the hand of the freshly elected Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and since then, she had borne a lot of disdain for the Senate leadership.
That aside, we also saw in the days of Governor Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos when he fought the deputy Governor, Senator Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele and she was eventually impeached. As the wife of a strong- willed politician, Remi Tinubu does not see herself as a woman but the wife of the ‘Lion of Lagos’ politics and one of the major sponsors of the APC campaigns that brought President Buhari to power.
Meanwhile, her husband, Bola Ahmed Tinubu had written a letter to the new IGP to give more security protection to his wife, who, according to him, is being threatened by Dino Melaye.
Dino Melaye has also been involved in demonstrations in the premises of the Assembly in times past when many senators jumped fences to gain entry into the building during the Seventh Senate under David Mark.
Dino Melaye’s name is as controversial as Remi Tinubu’s, so when two controversial senators reach out to their war arsenals, anything could be expected, especially, mutual bad mouthing which could have been avoided.
In a chamber where more important issues are on ground, weighty issues like the Senate leadership is currently on trial, Sarakai and his deputy, Ekweremadu are facing seemingly spurious charge of changing the Senate rules for electing its leadership that brought the them to power. It is definitely a sad commentary to see two senators engaged in comic relief of verbal attacks on their persons.
One would have expected the Senate to show greater solidarity in defence of their independence and separation of powers from the Executive.
Does Remi Tinubu have an ambition to sit on Ekweremadu’s chair, as she was reported one to have engaged in the funny display of wanting to act as a Deputy Senate President?
If Ashiwaju Tinubu had major shares in sponsoring Buhari’s presidential elections in 2015, he could easily sponsor his wife to any position of choice.
He could start with the governorship of Lagos State, which literally, has become his footstool.
This tale of two senators masquerading as comedians is nothing more than a storm in a teacup. Nigerians should ignore their antics, intended to draw undue attention and publicity to themselves while causing incalculable damage to the APC as a ruling party.
What can the SENATE Committee on Rules and Ethics do in this despicable display of verbal and discourteous exchange of unprintable exchanges against each other in the hallowed Chamber?
As disabled and endangered as the Senate leadership is now, it is perhaps, quite difficult to open up any other window of conflict when their leaders are facing hard times, under-going trials in court.
I think the twosome; Oluremi Tinubu and Dino Melaye deserve a standing ovation for giving impoverished Nigerians a useful breathe of fresh air in this climate of fear and routine harassment of EFCC for mere reasons of suspicion of many politicians developing itchy palms. The comic relief is worth our collective while.