Dino Melaye, senator representing
Kogi west, says angels of the Lord rescued him from a high court in Abuja after
operatives of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) attempted to arrest him.
On Thursday, the federal
government arraigned the senator for allegedly framing Edward Onoja, chief of
staff of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, in an attempt on Melaye’s life.
The court granted Melaye bail in
sum of N100,000 but SARS operatives prevented him from leaving.
The senator later sneaked out of
the court.
Speaking on the floor of the
senate on Wednesday, Melaye expressed displeasure that the All Progressives
Congress (APC) which he worked for took him to court.
“On the 1st of March, I was
arraigned by the party I worked for. I was arraigned by the government I helped
to install. I appeared before the court and I was granted bail,” he said.
“Having been granted bail, I was
quickly alerted that there were over a hundred policemen from SARS outside the
court waiting to arrest me. When they took pictures of them to come and show
me, even if you were going for the head of Shekau, you wouldn’t have prepared
any better.
“I was in that court for hours
and they laid siege for hours. Every car coming in and out of the court were
being checked. Somehow because I serve a living God, the angels of the Lord
took me out of that court unnoticed and unhurt. They laid siege for more than
five hours after I was resting on my bed.
“We have a convention in this
country, that when security agencies are interested in interrogating,
investigating and inviting any senator, they write the senate president to
provide such senator. Why would they demean the integrity of the senate, and lay
siege on a senator of the Federal Republic as if you want to arrest a common
criminal.”
Melaye also called on President
Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Kogi state.
The senator said this would serve
as “deterrence to other governors who think power starts and ends with them.”
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