By Celephina Onovo
National leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has said that President Muhammadu Buhari should not be blamed for the fate that had befallen Senator Dino Melaye.
Tinubu said he condemned the ordeal the senator went through, but said those linking the president to it were getting it wrongly.
Melaye is currently at the intensive unit of the National Hospital, Abuja, after he allegedly jumped off a police vehicle while being transported to Lokoja, the Kogi State capital to face criminal charges on Tuesday.
The senate adjourned plenary on Wednesday in solidarity with Melaye with the president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, leading his colleagues to visit him in the hospital.
Tinubu said: “If we are talking about a particular issue, we should stay with it but when we are bringing in a government that a lot of people supported to be here, using whatever happened to implicate the government, I think I am against that.
“We should face the issues. I am not in support of what happened to Dino. If we have anything against the executive, we have the leadership here who is supposed to go and meet with Mr. President.
“This government is only three years old compared to 16 years of rot. It has only been in power for 3 years and inherited a lot of trouble.”