The Senator representing Kogi
West, Dino Melaye, has written the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris,
to help resolve the ongoing fracas between him and officers of the Nigeria
police.
Melaye said he was ready to
submit himself to the police on the condition that he was investigated by
police officers from Abuja, and not Kogi.
In a five-page letter written by
his counsel, Rickey Tarfa, the lawmaker alleged that police officers in Kogi
state were compromised and were controlled by the governor.
He alleged that the plan was
orchestrated by Governor Bello.
“Our client told us that from
information made available to him by his supporters, the intention was to
abduct him and whisk him to Kogi State where he would be at the complete mercy
of the governor and where plans had been perfected and were being implemented
to frame him on spurious charges, arrest and detain him, and then murder him in
prison while he is awaiting trial,” his lawyer wrote.
“It is worthy of note that our
client has severally stated in the media that he is aware of this nefarious
plan and the involvement of Kogi State Police Command in implementing the same.
The sheer number of armed policemen and security personnel deployed from
KogiState on 1st March 2018 to abduct our client from the FCT High Court
premises gives credence to our client’s fears. Our client was however lucky not
to be noticed by the policemen laying siege, as he left the court premises.
“Sir, as the chief law
enforcement officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, we urge that you
intervene in the circumstances. It is obvious to our client that there is no
plausible reason for him to believe that his personal safety is guaranteed in
the hands of Kogi State Police Command.
“Sir, we urge for your urgent
intervention in this matter. As we have stated, our client, convinced of his
innocence is ready to submit himself for investigation and to answer any charge
against his person but by police officers of whose neutrality he is confident
in this matter, police officers from Abuja.
“Our client being a prominent
serving senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chairman, Senate Committee
on FCT, Chairman, Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Publicity and member of several
other senate committees, will not and cannot run from justice, but balks at
being delivered directly into the hands of people who have made public threats
against his person.
“We anxiously await your
intervention sir, to secure the life of our client, and to avoid any breakdown
of law and order,” he said.
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Ciki da gaskiya wuka bata yanka shi. If you are really innocent just submit yourself, but failure to do that you are risking yourself for being wanted by the police
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