Former member of the House of Representatives and a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Bitrus Kaze, has taken a swipe at Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State over plot to recall the senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye.
Kaze who together with Dino, were suspended from the House in 2010, when they raised allegation of corrupt practices against Principal Officers of the House, said it was Dino that save them from the suspension handed them and expressed optimism that Dino would survive the recall plot.
Some persons have accused the governor of orchestrating the recall; do you share the same opinion?
In fact, if it were not because of the court of law, in fairness to Dino, the Kogi State Governor does not qualify to be a governor; this is somebody that did not contest an election. To me the person that ought to be the governor of Kogi State today is Falake, Bello is a stranger to that seat and I am surprised that he is using the position to fight Dino. The impression in the public domain is that the recall is being engineered by the governor of Kogi State who has done everything to discredit Dino.
You were involved in rancour in the House of Representatives alongside Dino which turned the plenary into a rowdy session, how did you survive it?
That is why I said I know Dino as a rootle fighter, before that rancour occurred on the floor of the House of Representatives, we had obtained facts and figures of fraudulent activities of our Principal officers during Demeji Bankole’s era, I still have copies up to date, we accused the leadership of the House of awarding contracts far and beyond what Patricia Ette was remove for, and we could prove our case. Even though the House suspended us, the court voided that suspension and unfortunately up to this moment, Principal officers of that time in the House are still battling to clean themselves of corruption cases that we raised since June 20, 2010, that is why I said if it is the Dino that I know, he will not go to the Media without getting certain facts in his pocket, that was what helped us survived when we were suspended from the House of Representatives.
Credit: Sun
