Nigeria’s most controversial lawmaker Senator Dino Melaye has alleged that a plan has been setup by the Inspector of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to arrest him on December 25th and inject him to death.
He made the allegation on his Twitter handle. Read below
”THERE IS A PLAN BY THE IG TO ARREST ME TODAY AND INJECT ME TO DEATH. MEN DEPLOYED ALREADY. CP KOGI AND OTHERS REMOVED. NIGERIANS WATCH OUT.
Senator Dino Melaye
@dino_melaye
There is a plan by the IG to arrest me today and inject me to death. Men deployed already. CP kogi and others removed. Nigerians watch out.
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12:04 PM - Dec 25, 2018
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Melaye’s political career has not been spared of scandals and accusations.
As a senator, it was alleged that Melaye continued to operate a checking and savings account with a US bank, in violation of Nigeria law, a report he has not denied. Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Bureau strongly and clearly prohibits the use of foreign accounts by elected and public officials.
One transaction on Melaye’s Bank of America debit card is an approved payment to the New York-based Schweiger Dermatology for $1,000. The company describes itself as a medical and cosmetic dermatology service offering a variety of skin healthcare needs.
Melaye has repeatedly dodged questions that he operates these bank accounts, despite evidence provided including transaction dates, bank statements, card numbers, and location of the transactions.
Melaye criticised Edo state Governor Adams Oshiomhole for “importing his wife” rather than marrying a Nigerian woman.
Melaye had threatened to beat up Senator Oluremi Tinubu and ‘impregnate’ her on the floor of the Senate.
In June 2017, a process to recall Senator Melaye from the National Assembly was kickstarted, but failed.
The Senator characteristically has accused the governor of “shooting the moon and boxing the air.”
Melaye further said, “Spending over N1bn of taxpayers’ money on an unproductive venture, when salaries and pensions have not been paid, is wicked.
“I will continue to defend the poor and defenceless masses of Kogi State. If I die, I die. We must rescue the state, he was arrested 23 April 2018 on the international wing of Nnamdi azikiwe Airport by NIS as they claim his name was on the watch list of the interpol after the Nigeria police declared him wanted .”
In May 2, 2018, Senator Melaye was arraigned in court by the Police on Wednesday at Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Abuja. He was granted bail in the sum of N90 million by the court, having met the bail condition but was rearrested by the police shortly after his release.
On July 24 2018, Melaye alongside 13 other Senators of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
He’s one of the spokesmen appointed by the opposition PDP for Atiku Abubakar 2019 Presidential campaign.
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