The Nigeria Police on Wednesday
reacted to the allegation by the lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial
district in the upper legislative chamber, Senator Dino Melaye that the
Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris had concluded plans to arrest him.
Senator Dino Melaye, had alleged that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP
Ibrahim Idris had ordered his arrest, adding that the police boss will also
inject him (Melaye) to death.
But reacting to the allegation,
the Force Public Relations Officer, Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, in a statement on
Wednesday, denied that there was a plan to arrest Senator Melaye or kill him.
Moshood described Dino’s
allegation as “hate speech aimed at putting the force into disrepute before
members of the public.”
He added that “There is no such
order from the Inspector General of Police or any plan by the Force to arrest
Senator Dino Melaye and inject him to death, but if the Senator knows he had
committed any crime or he is aware of his involvement in any crime, he should
come out and confess and face the legal consequences instead of whipping up
sentiments to distract the public.”
The statement reads, “The
attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to a statement in some
sections of the media credited to a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly,
Senator Dino Melaye, captioned “IG plans to arrest me, inject me to death.
“The Force is categorically
stating that the statement is mischievous, malicious, capable of misleading the
public and laughable, there was no such order from the Inspector General of
Police or any plan by the Force to arrest Senator Dino Melaye and inject him to
death but if the Senator knows he had committed any crime or he is aware of his
involvement in any crime, he should come out and confess and face the legal
consequences instead of whipping up sentiments to distract the public.
“The Force sees such defamatory,
mischievous, malicious and reckless statement by Senator Dino Melaye as untrue,
ridiculous, mischievous and unfortunate. Members of the public are hereby
enjoined to disregard and discountenance the statement by Senator Dino Melaye
in its entirety as untrue and mischievous.
“Senator Dino Melaye is hereby
called upon to know that his statement constitute a criminal defamatory
offence, hate speech and hateful conduct.
” He should however as a
law-maker be law-abiding and desist from un-senatorial and lawless utterances
that cannot be substantiated with facts.
“The Inspector General of Police
will not be distracted by statements from the likes of Senator Dino Melaye but
will continue to ensure that the rule of law prevails in all matters.”
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