Senator Dino Melaye (PDP-Kogi West), on Saturday joked that he had become a member of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and deserved a share of the Ruga Settlement.
He said he received 104 cows from sympathisers following the death of his mother Deaconess Comfort Melaye and this made him qualified to join Miyetti Allah.
He stated this at the funeral service for Deaconess Melaye in Aiyetoro-Gbedde, Ijumu local government, Kogi State. She was 70.
Dignitaries at the Thanksgiving Service at The Apostolic Church of Nigeria, Oke-Ayo Assembly, Iluafon Quarters, included representative of the President and Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang who delivered President Mohammadu Buhari’s letter of condolence, and the representative of the Chief of Army Staff.
Others at the service included the immediate past Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, Senator Ike Ekeremadu, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and Mrs Felicia Ette, Senator Ifeanyi Uba and Senator Ita Giwa.
Also in attendance were former Kogi State Governor, Capt. Idris Wada and his deputy, Architect Yomi Awoniyi, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate during the last general election, Peter Obi, wife of the party’s presidential candidate, Mrs Titi Abubakar and the hierarchy of the party led by its national chairman, Mr. Uche Secondus.
Royal fathers were not left out, with the presence of the representatives of the Sultan of Sokoto and that of the Ooni of Ife, the Emirs of Zaria and Bauchi and other traditional rulers from within and outside Kogi State.
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