Nigeria Police has said
arrangements have been concluded to declare Senator Dino Melaye wanted.
Senator Melaye had accused the police
of shooting at his convoy on his way to inaugurate a project in his
constituency on Thursday in Kogi State.
Reacting on Friday, the Kogi
State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ali Janga, noted that the police opened fire
in defence of a purported shooting by some individuals in the lawmaker’s
convoy.
The police boss stated this on
Friday while addressing newsmen in his office.
“Unidentified civilians inside (a
vehicle in the convoy) decided to open fire on my policemen. You don’t expect
the police to fold their arms; eventually they replied and opened fire too,”
Janga said.
“Dino has been going round
telling people that he was attacked by unidentified armed men; no, they were
real police officers.
“They were there on assignment.
Nobody attacked Dino but rather, his convoy attacked my policemen and they
repelled,” he added.
The commissioner while condemning
the alleged assault on the police officers at the scene of the incident, said
the lawmaker had been invited for questioning and that the police would be
forced to declare the embattled lawmaker wanted, should he refuse to honor
Their invitation.
“We are going after him (Melaye)
and if we cannot see him, we will declare him wanted and we will send his name
for watchlisting,” Janga said.
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