Senator representing Kogi West
Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, has explained that the ADC to Kogi State
Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello barricaded the Abuja to Lokoja road with over 200
armed thugs to stop prominent citizens of the state from participating in
elections.
Dino said the ADC on the orders
of his principal were on the road a day to the general elections, stopping and
disarming Police orderliness of prominent Kogi citizens and turning them back
to Abuja from Kotonkarfe.
The lawmaker, speaking while
presenting a motion, “Militarization of the Nigeria Electoral Process and the
inconsistent application of electoral laws by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), said, he entered his constituency through
‘celestial means..’
In his narrative, he said, the
former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris was turned back by the
armed thugs on the instructions of Bello’s ADC.
“Mr. President, distinguished
colleagues, it will interest you to know that the former Governor of Kogi
State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris was turned back by armed thugs after disarming his
Police orderly. ”
“Many prominent Kogi citizens
were turned back by over 200 thugs who were personally led by the ADC to
governor Yahaya Bello, but I have to enter my constituency through celestial
means.”
He further explained that the
general elections in Kogi State was massively rigged and votes bought, stating
that the election was the worst in history.
He recalled how election in
Rivers State turned out the ugly way, wondering how the APC led government in
connivance with the Independent National Electoral Commission killed a lecturer
who decided to serve his nation.
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