I was blind, now I see, says Melaye as he apologises to Goodluck Jonathan

FORMER Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, today tendered a public apology to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan over his role in ensuring Jonathan, and by extension the People’s Democratic Party, lost the 2015 presidential election.

While making a goodwill message at a book launch in Abuja, the Kogi -born politician said,  “I Senator Dino Melaye, I want to  say openly here that after many things that have happened and events that have unfolded in recent times, I want to say openly here that once I was blind, now I can see.

“In 2017, I was arrested eighteen times, there were more times in 2018 and between then and now, I have been taken to court for twelve different cases  and out of those cases, we have won eleven of them.   “And that only one that borders on attempted suicide.

“I wonder how someone like me who likes cars and love life so well would want to kill himself.

“President Goodluck Jonathan, I want to say that on behalf of all of us who shot blindly, we are sorry.

“The one that I later wondered why you did was that phone call.”

”I sometimes wondered that if you had not made that call, we would not be where we are today.

“But after I saw what is happening in America, where President Trump is saying ‘I no go gree’,  I can now see the reason for that call.

“There are very few people like you. I pray for that anointing,” Melaiye added

Melaye is the latest among prominent politicians who have apologised to the former president for working against his reelection in 2015.

Just last month, the Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, apologised to the former president for criticising him harshly during his tenure.

“I want to appreciate Mr. President (Jonathan). As they say, you never know what you have until you lose it. Nigerians now know that,” he said.

Ndume noted that Jonathan changed the political culture and landscape of this country.

“You don’t know how great you are in the eyes of those that were skeptical, those that didn’t know you and those that did not come close to you,” he added.