Melaye tweeted this shortly after
the policeman attached to him were disarmed and withdrawn.
The officers were taken away
after Sadiq Bello, police commissioner in the federal capital territory (FCT),
arrived at Melaye’s residence hours after his men and operatives of the
Department of State Services (DSS) laid siege to the place.
Senators who visited their
colleague in solidarity were denied access to him.
Melaye alleged that the policemen
who came to his house had no warrant.
“We are in a civil society. No
warrant and case is in court yet this lawlessness. I’m a responsible NIGERIAN
and law abiding. There is a plan to kill me and I know about it,” Melaye wrote
on Twitter.
“We are not in a banana Republic.
I can not be silenced. @BBCBreaking AFRICA @BBCBreaking.
“All my policemen have been taken
away with their arms. One CP came and took them away. There is also a plan to
set me up again. But in God I trust. Truth will always prevail.”
We are in a civil society. No warrant and case is in court yet this lawlessness. I’m a responsible NIGERIAN and law abiding. There is a plan to kill me and I know about it. We are not in a banana Republic. I can not be silenced. @BBCBreaking AFRICA @BBCBreaking— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) April 23, 2018
All my policemen have been taken away with their arms. One CP came and took them away. There is also a plan to set me up again. But in God I trust. Truth will always prevail— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) April 23, 2018
Last month, the police declared Melaye wanted after he was accused
of supplying arms to some murder suspects, who allegedly implicated him.
The senator had denied the
allegation, saying it was politically motivated.
On Monday morning, Melaye was
detained at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, where he said he
was waiting for his flight to Morocco for an official assignment.
Sunday James, spokesman of the
Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), had said the senator was arrested by the
service’s officials “based on instruction”.
He was released some hours later.
However, after his release, some
policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) laid siege
to his residence in the Maitama area of Abuja.
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