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  • How I stayed 11 hours on tree top to avoid being assassinated by Police – Melaye

    The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, has said contrary to the kidnap reports, the gunmen who attacked his vehicle on his way to Kogi State on Thursday wanted to kill him.

    He alleged that his attackers were policemen.

    Melaye, who briefed journalists in Abuja on Sunday, said he escaped the alleged assassination attempt around Gwagwalada along the Abuja-Lokoja Road on his way to attend a court case in Lokoja, the state capital.

    Melaye said he ran into the bush and hid on a tree for 11 hours.

    The lawmaker explained that he left Abuja in the early morning of Thursday for Lokoja and observed that a Toyota Sienna car was trailing him. He said the car overtook his car, blocked his way and the occupants started to shoot at his vehicle.

    The lawmaker, who defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday, said when the suspected assassins realised that his vehicle was bulletproof, they attempted to burn it.

    Melaye said, “When I realised that they wanted to burn my vehicle, I quickly opened the car and ran into the bush. I had to run for my life. It was the grace of God that made me to escape. When I got into the bush, I climbed a tree and stayed there. While on the tree, I saw two of the policemen coming to look for me, but they didn’t know I was on the tree. I was in the bush for 11 hours.

    “My brother that was in one of the vehicles didn’t know what happened, so he had to raise the alarm that I was kidnapped. He went to the Gwagwalada police station and reported the matter.”

     

  • Saraki called Dino Melaye ‘clown’ – Sen. Adamu

    Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa West) has disclosed that Senate President Bukola Saraki once told him that Senate Dino Melaye (PDP-Kogi West) is a “clown”.

    Speaking to Daily Trust, Adamu, a former governor of Nasarawa State, revealed that Saraki said Melaye deserved to be used and forgot about.

    He said: “I’ll not forget one day when I thought we could do things properly, when I thought things happening were not quite in keeping with the integrity that is supposed to govern the affairs of the Senate, I was talking with the Senate President. Some of the things I was pointing as example was that kind of behaviour.

    “He said to me ‘no, forget Dino is a clown.’ That’s what Saraki said to me. He’s alive, let him come out and deny saying that to me. Dino is a clown, so what do you do with clowns? And he was using him up to that day.

    “He came dancing and was like ‘these are the disciple of this government, and Abdullahi Adamu is one of them.’ I don’t care a hoot about that. I have more serious situations than that.

    “A senator dancing before another senator? The Senate is a leveler. Even if I’m 101 years and I’m in the Senate and a boy of 18 years got elected to the Senate, if that was permissible age, by the time we get sworn in, we’re equals.”

  • Melaye speaks after purported kidnap, says he spent 11 hours in the wilderness

    Melaye speaks after purported kidnap, says he spent 11 hours in the wilderness

    The lawmaker representing Kogi West district, Senator Dino Melaye, says he has regained freedom.

    Senator Melaye shared his experience via Twitter on Friday, about 24 hours after he was reportedly abducted by gunmen in Gwagwalada, a suburb of Abuja.

    Senator Ben Murray-Bruce (Bayelsa East) broke the news of Senator Melaye’s abduction on Twitter on Thursday morning.

    Senator Murray-Bruce said he got the information from Melaye’s brother who said the lawmaker was kidnapped after the gunmen attacked them on their way to Kogi State.

    Later on Thursday, Senator Melaye failed to appear at the Magistrate Court in Lokoja for the continuation of his trial over an alleged gunrunning with his lawyer attributing his absence to the attack.

    “I learned he was attacked yesterday in Gwagwalada on his way home from the (FCT High) court,” the lawyer said.

    “Up till now, I have not been able to reach him. I don’t know where he is at the moment.”

  • We are not aware Dino Melaye was kidnapped – Police

    The Nigeria Police have reacted to the “purported kidnap” of Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West senatorial district.

    Police spokesperson Jimoh Moshood said in a Thursday night statement that the Force Headquarters only read of the news of Mr Melaye in the media, but has no unique details about the development.

    “The Nigeria Police Force have not received any complaint or report in any of its Police Stations or Divisions throughout the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) or any other State of the Federation of the kidnap of Senator Dino Melaye from any of his family member, friend, associate or staff to indicate that the Senator has been kidnapped.

    “The attention of the police was drawn to the report of the purported kidnap of Senator Dino Melaye in some sections of the media,” Mr Moshood, an acting deputy police commissioner, said.

    The spokesperson, however, said investigation would be conducted into the matter, urging anyone with actionable information to pass such to authorities.

    The police have “commenced investigation into the purported kidnap of Senator Dino Melaye, and wish (sic) to implore any of his family members, relatives or friends who witnessed the kidnap or have information about the purported kidnap of the senator to report the incident at the nearest police station to assist the police in the investigation,” Mr Moshood said.

    The statement contradicted what Gideon Ayodele, a spokesperson for Mr Melaye, had earlier issued to newsmen.

    The aide said the police in Gwagwalada, a suburb of Abuja, were informed about the alleged kidnap on Thursday morning.

  • Fani-Kayode condemns abduction of Dino Melaye

    Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has condemned the abduction of Senator Dino Melaye (PDP-Kogi West) by unknown gunmen.

    Concise News had reported that the lawmaker was attacked by gunmen on his way to Kogi State to appear in court over his trial on alleged gunrunning.

    Senator Ben Murray-Bruce (PDP-Bayelsa East) had confirmed the abduction of Dino Melaye around Gwagwalada area, Abuja.

    Reacting in a post on his Twitter page, Fani-Kayode called on the kidnappers of the lawmaker to release him unhurt.

    He wrote: “I wholeheartedly condemn the abduction of Dino Melaye.

    “I implore those that have kidnapped him to return him home safely to his family and loved ones.

    “I urge the Federal Government to do its job and protect the Nigerian people before it is too late.”

    You may recall that Melaye was among the 14 Senators that recently defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party.

  • Alleged Abduction: Melaye fails to appear in court for gun-running trial

    Barrister Yemi Mohammed, the lawyer to the Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye has provided reasons the lawmaker failed to appear in court on Thursday.

    The lawmaker was supposed to appear in court on Thursday but failed following a reported attack on him by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.

    Melaye and two others are on trial for alleged gun-running.

    His lawyer told the trial magistrate, Suleyman Abdalah that Senator Melaye was attacked in Gwagwalada on Thursday morning, on his way to Lokoja.

    He said, ‘’I learnt that he was attacked this morning in Gwagwalada on his way to Lokoja, Up till now, I have not been able to reach him. I don’t know where he is at the moment.’

    Mohammed stated that the prosecuting counsel was not ready to open the case “due to the reason best known to them.”

    The officer in charge of Police prosecution, Theophilus Oteme, told the court that the prosecuting counsel had an emergency, which made it “extremely difficult to appear in court.”

    Oteme, however, asked for a long adjournment till September 23, which was opposed by the trial magistrate who argued that “it contravened administration of criminal justice law of Kogi State as amended.”

    He adjournment till 9th August for commencement of trial.

  • Dino Melaye promises to honour police Invitation

    Dino Melaye promises to honour police Invitation

    Senator Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) has stated that he will honour the invitation of the Kogi State Police Command.

    Melaye disclosed this on Saturday, a day after the police accused some persons in his convoy of attacking their personnel in Kogi State.

    “The account of the police is false and illogical. I will honour the invitation of the Kogi State Police Command on Thursday, despite the attempts on my life,” Melaye told Channels Television.

    The Senator had accused the police of shooting at his convoy on his way to inaugurate a project at his constituency on Thursday in Kogi.

    He explained that he was riding in a convoy of about 20 vehicles headed for the scheduled event and his cars were the second and third, having being led by the out riding Hilux vehicle of the personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

    The lawmaker noted that the police claimed that the vehicles at the back shot at them and wondered why “they shot at my cars which were in the second and third on the convoy.”

    He alleged that the incident clearly indicated an attempt on his life if not for his bulletproof vehicles, claiming that the gunshots were directed at the owner’s sitting side of the cars.

    Melaye purported further that after the scenario which played out on the road, there was another attack on his house in Aiyetoro where gunshots were fired sporadically.

    He also said he had written to the police and the NSCDC through his lawyer, to seek protection for his planned visit.

    The lawmaker claimed that while the NSCDC deployed some personnel to escort him, there was no provision made by the police.

  • Just in: Watch Dino Melaye’s dramatic speech against Buhari at PDP meeting

    Just in: Watch Dino Melaye’s dramatic speech against Buhari at PDP meeting

    Senator Dino Melaye, the Senator representing Kogi West on Monday gave a dazzling speech as he was given a front-line position at event marking the alliance between People’s Democratic Party and thirty nine other political parties on how to unseat President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019 general election.

    His words: “I want everyone to know that APC will lose power in 2019, I am saying this as an oracle of the most high God. God called Dino! Dino!! Dino!! and I replied him the third time saying, ‘Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth. God told me Buhari will fail; come 2019.I assure you that President Muhammadu Buhari is entitled to failure.”

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  • PDP rejects Dino Melaye, says he’s a liability

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kogi West Elders’ Forum (KWEF) has rejected any attempt to impose Senator Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) as a senatorial candidate of the party in 2019.

    In a viral video on Instagram, the lawmaker had declared his intention of returning to the PDP.

    Reacting, Chairman of the Forum, Shaibu Momoh said if Melaye was allowed to contest in any free and fair election in the state now, the party would be defeated.

    He said: “Melaye is seen as too controversial and his unacceptable behaviors are the serious negative views of the public against him. He cannot win any election in a free and fair atmosphere and PDP should therefore not gamble with him as a candidate for now.

    “He needs a serious reformation period which PDP Kogi state do not have the luxury of time to dispense.

    “The leadership of PDP in the state under the two former governors of the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, Captain Idris Wada, senator Tunde Ogbeha Alhaji Musa Ahmadu and host of other critical stakeholders have been struggling to rebrand a PDP that can recapture power from an aggressive non-performing government of APC in the state.

    “They have reconciled several prominent strong men and women who came back to the party and their re-entrance back to PDP is without any condition or concession but genuine. Imposition of a Senatorial candidate will cause a major derailment and unimaginable crisis that PDP may not overcome before the general election.

    “The critical leaders are on ground and they understand this great danger and trap, hence their rejection of this Dino imposition.

    “Senator Dino Melaye is welcome to PDP as specified under the Constitution of the party. He is free to aspire to any position of his choice but must take cognisance of existing mutual arrangement,” added Momoh.

  • [Video] Senator Melaye ridicules APC praises PDP in ‘new song’

    [Video] Senator Melaye ridicules APC praises PDP in ‘new song’

    The senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, has made mockery of the All Progressives congress, APC while extolling People Democratic Party, PDP.

    Bye bye to jati jati.

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