Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi west constituency at the national assembly, says no Nigerian – including the president and governors – should have immunity.

A lot of judicial drama has been going on since the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) froze the Zenith Bank accounts of Ayo Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, with Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), saying that the governor’s account can be frozen.

The senate has also put forward claims for immunity of senators, but Melaye, has expressed a divergent view.

“As an individual, speaking as Dino Melaye, I do not support immunity for any Nigerian irrespective of status or office. I am one of those actually propagating that the immunity clause be completely deleted in our constitution,” he said.

“The president should not have immunity, the vice president should not have immunity, the governors should not have immunity and their deputies should not have immunity.

“That would be a very wonderful way of fighting corruption, and also instituting fear in those who have been indoctrinated with corrupt initiatives.

“I understand also, the frustration of my colleagues that are asking for immunity clause for the senate president, and the speaker of the house of representatives and their deputies.

“I understand their frustration, and their frustration is coming from the fact that it is a deliberate effort to undermine and also subject the institution of the National Assembly to become a surrogate of the executive.”

Melaye who also gave implication on the alleged forged standing rule said the same being regarded as forged is the same that was used for screening ministers and passing budget 2016.

“We are senators of the 8th Republic; the document (rule book) we were given by the bureaucracy — 48 hours clear before our inauguration — is the document we work with.

“And with that same document, we have received the president into the national assembly twice. With that same document, we had a joint section with the president in attendance, with the president of South Africa.

“With that same document, we screened the ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; with that same document, we screened the chairman of INEC; with that same document, we screened the DGs.”