Police deny assassination attempt on Dino Melaye, summon him

The Kogi State Police Command has summoned Senator Dino Melaye to report at the State Criminal and Investigation Department after his equipped watchmen terminated on a group of policemen on watch obligations in the state.

A police sergeant was the casualty of the shooting, the police said and is recovering in the healing facility.

The Kogi Police Command requested that Melaye report at the SCIID office in the state capital, in the organization of his furnished watchmen, as examination started on the shooting.

As per the police, their announcement, marked by DSP William Ovye Aya, the PRO, was incompletely to invalidate Melaye's charge that he was shot at by the police.

Despite what might be expected, the police said that Melaye's watchmen opened fire to begin with, with the police responding.In posts on Instagram, Melaye did not specify any shooting occurrence. In any case, he asserted the police endeavored to hinder his guard with a grader, stopped on a scaffold, while he was headed to Yagba east to commission a few activities. As indicated by him, his caravan maintained a strategic distance from the barricade.

In another Instagram post, the senator speaking to Kogi West said the state government blockaded the street to stop his development.

It was on Twitter that the senator asserted an endeavor was made on his life amid the visit to his state.

He asserted more than 20 slugs were terminated at his jeep by a blend of policemen, men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and the military.

"I express gratitude toward God for spearing(sic) my life by and by. More than 20 slugs openings on my jeep. Blend of police,SARS and military. God I express gratitude toward you."Today, at around 1530hours, a group of policemen from the Command was on a standard Anti – Robbery/Kidnapping watch along Aiyetoro Gbede – Mopa Road.

"Amid the watch, and as usually the training, the group bound at a point at Iyah Gbede Junction, where they were watching the expressway and sometimes leading Stop and Search."It was in this procedure a long escort of vehicles originating from Mopa towards Aiyetoro Gbede moved toward the Point. Officers of the Command at the Point waved to the guard. While the lead vehicle, a Toyota Hilux van, which was later found to pass on officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, ceased to present themselves, different vehicles in the caravan perilously zoomed off without respects to the wellbeing of the officers on ground.

"Shockingly, some disguised equipped men, possessing a white Toyota Hilux van, without enlistment number, without incitement discharged shots at the officers of the Anti-Robbery/Kidnapping Patrol Team.

"One of the officers, a Sergeant, was hit by projectile on the correct piece of his chest because of which he managed egregious damage.

"The Officer is presently lying basically sick in the doctor's facility where he has experienced a live undermining medical procedure and at present recovering.

"Expectedly, the policemen in self preservation reacted by terminating back to repulse the surprising assault. Vehicles in the caravan all things considered, headed out from the scene. It was not until the point when the officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps were scrutinized that it was understood that the escort was that of Senator Dino Melaye.

"It is fairly appalling that the Senator could after this obnoxious demonstration by his associates, be running around with outfitted men, obscure to the Command who could dispatch such a deadly assault on police officers over the span of their typical obligation.

"It is all the more disheartening that the Senator could pivot to issue deluding explanations to conceal the horrifying wrongdoing conferred by his employed assistants.

"While, the order has established a powerful examination board into the occurrence, Senator Melaye is therefore encouraged to report with individuals in his guard to the workplace of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, Lokoja to aid the examination."

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Dino Melaye, right, commissioning a transformer in Mopa after the encounter with the police

Senator Dino Melaye@dino_melaye

I thank God for spearing my life once again. Over 20 bullets holes on my jeep. Combination of police,SARS and military. God i thank you.

6:53 PM - Jul 19, 2018

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