…says ‘his election is the greatest scam in Africa’
A former Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has described the election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 as the “greatest scam in Africa.”
Melaye also apologised to Nigerians for being amongst those who campaigned in 2015 for Buhari’s return to power as a civilian president.
Melaye spoke on Friday while featuring on a Channels Television programme.
Melaye, who is now a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, had dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress in 2018.
Melaye tendered an apology to Nigerians for supporting the “Buhari agenda” in 2015, saying, “Once I was blind; now I can see.
“To start with, I apologise to God almighty, who is the supreme leader of the universe, and to Nigerians for supporting Buhari.
“The Buhari agenda is the greatest scam that came out of Africa. The Buhari [for] president in 2015 is the greatest scam that came out of Africa.”
The former Senator wondered why anyone would keep supporting President Buhari inspite of the recent untoward developments across the country.
When asked if he spoke in the same manner when he was in the APC, Melaye said, “I spoke like this when I was a member of the APC, and because I am Christian, and the Bible is supreme and to me, the Bible is superior to the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“And it talks about unequally yoked. Darkness and light do not concur, so I have to leave the darkness and I’m into light.”
Melaye further said the APC was a non-governmental organisation and not a political party, adding that the ruling party lacked national leadership, which he said is against the principles of the Nigerian constitution and that of the APC.
Melaye also accused the APC of sowing the seed of discord in the PDP.
He said, “The APC is an NGO. We all know it is an NGO. It is an NGO because it is not a political party. As I speak to you today, the party is yet to organise a convention.
“They were supposed to do it in December; they postponed it. Now, it is not going to happen again maybe till December.
“The party has no national leader, no national elected executive council. It is being run by a caretaker committee, which is unconstitutional to their own constitution and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
