Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West in the National Assembly raises alarm that his Abuja residence is under siege by scores of police personnel.
He posted the timeline of the alleged invasion as it happened through his Twitter account;@dino_melaye
See his tweets below:
All entrances to my residence in Mississippi have been secured by the police that claim there is no order to arrest me. One truck by centagon school too. Media and Nigerians take note. We have pictures of those involved.
— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) December 28, 2018
They have just zoomed off the trucks leaving 3 men at different end of my street wearing black.
— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) December 28, 2018
A man in jallabia have gone forth and back my street more than 10 times.
— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) December 28, 2018
Two hilux truck have now blocked my gate with men in mufti numbering 20
— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) December 28, 2018
Cameras recording. They are trying to plant guns in the cars outside. We are watching
— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) December 28, 2018
They have forcefully entered my compound
— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) December 28, 2018
Dino Melayewho have being at loggerheads with the presidency and the police since the inception of this present administration alleged a few days ago that the inspector-general of police, Ibrahim Idris, plans to arrest him on Christmas day and kill him.
In a tweet on Tuesday, December 25, the Kogi lawmaker claimed the plan was to inject him to death.
Melaye said the state commissioner of Kogi had been removed in order to perfect the plot.
He said: “There is a plan by the IG to arrest me today and inject me to death. Men deployed already.
In response to Melaye’s allegation, the Nigeria Police Force, on Wednesday, December 26, denied plans to arrest and kill the senator.
A statement by police spokesman, DCP Jimoh Moshood said the statement attributed to Senator Melaye, captioned “IG plans to arrest me, inject me to death,” was false.
Moshood said: “The Force is categorically stating that the statement is mischievous, malicious, capable of misleading the public and laughable.”
