The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed that it sent a
detachment of officers to the house of Sen. Dino Melaye in Aiyetoro-Gbede, Kogi
State on October 11 in order to arrest him.
The police command, in a statement on Saturday, said it took
the action based on the July 19 shooting of one of its operatives, Sgt. Danjuma
Salihu, by thugs suspected to be loyal to the senator.
“The command wishes to state unequivocally that the
statement is a figment of the imagination of Melaye, who has mastered the art
of political gimmickry. It is totally false, malicious and highly mischievous.
“The Commissioner of Police sent officers to his (Melaye)
country home to arrest him. Unfortunately, we did not meet him at home.”
It accused Melaye, who is representing Kogi West Senatorial
District, of mobilising thugs to attack its personnel on duty along
Mopa–Aiyetoro-Gbede on July 19 without any provocation.
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