The Nigeria Police has declared a serving Nigerian Senator, Dino Melaye wanted on charges of criminal conspiracy, attempted culpable homicide and unlawful possession of firearms.
The information was revealed in a statement issued by the commissioner of Police for the Kogi state Police command Ali Janga, who alleged that the lawmaker mobilized some thugs that shot and injured police personnel Sergeant Danjuma Daliu who is currently receiving treatment in a hospital in Abuja.
According to the police commissioner, Senator Dino Melaye had been officially invited by the state command in a letter dated July 23 to come and answer the charges against him; Melaye allegedly declined the invitation.
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The police commissioner further accused the lawmaker of making claims on his Twitter page that the Aide-de-Camp to Governor Yahaya Bello had mobilized and led police officers to assassinate him in his country home at Aiyetoro.
The police boss, however, described the Melaye’s allegation as “totally false, malicious and highly mischievous to discredit the person of the ADC.”
The Commissioner of Police also appealed to Senator Dino Melaye to report himself at the Command’s headquarters in Lokoja, the state capital and stop joining issues with people who have nothing to do with the case at hand.
Reacting to the fresh summons however, Senator Melaye described the charges by the police as frivolous, saying the police was on a mission to intimidate him amidst a witch hunt to satisfy their paymaster.
Expressing his views on the summons in a political programme on Channels Television, Melaye accused the police of attempting to kill him on several occasions.
He stressed that the Police cannot invite him for any fair investigation as he has lost confidence in their activities in the state.
Melaye further asked the police to transfer the latest case to Abuja for proper investigation, adding that he has not received any letter of invitation from them.
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