*Says men came to arrest not to assassinate him
*Report yourself to State Police Command – Kogi CP
Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Mr. Dino Melaye, may have been enmeshed in yet another spread of fake news as the Kogi State Police Command described his claim of attempted assassination by his officers as false.
The Command in Lokoja on Saturday reacted to the allegation by Mr. Melaye, dismissing it as fake as it said officers went to his Ayetoro Gbede country home to arrest and not to assassinate him.
The foremost security agency in a statement issued Saturday by its Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr William Ayah, said the allegation made by Dino Melaye was not only false but also that it smacks of malice.
Senator Dino Melaye had raised the alarm via his twitter to the effect that the Aide-De-Camp to Governor Yahaya Bello mobilized and led Police officers to assassinate him in his country home at Ayetoro.
But the Police said the Senator was wanted after failing to honour official invitation by the Command to answer questions on allegation that he on July 19, 2018 mobilised thugs to attack its men along Ayetoro Gbede-Mopa Muro road during which one of its men, Sgt Danjuma Saliu, was injured and currently receiving treatment at a hospital in Abuja.
The statement added that Senator Melaye was invited officially by the Command through letter No. AR:3000/KGS/X/VOL.43/670 dated 23/7/2018 to come and answer the charges against him but failed to honour the invitation up till the moment.
According to the statement, the state Commissioner of Police has appeals to Melaye to report himself at the Kogi State Police Command to answer the allegations leveled against him and stop joining issues with people who have nothing to do with the case at hand.
“The Command wish to state unequivocally that, the statement is not only the figment of the imagination of Senator Dino Melaye who has mastered the art of political gimmickry, but totally false, malicious and highly mischievous.
“The Commissioner of Police sent police Officers to his country home for arrest, unfortunately we did not get him at home”, the statement said.
It said, “The Senator is wanted by the Kogi State Police Command for Criminal Conspiracy, Attempted Culpable Homicide and Unlawful Possession of Firearms.
“The Commissioner of Police hereby appeals to Senator Dino Melaye to report himself at the Kogi State Police Command to answer the allegations leveled against him and stop joining issues with people who have nothing to do with the case at hand.
“Consequently, the Commissioner of Police urge all peace loving citizens of Kogi State and the country at large to discountenance such mischievous information but gravitate towards issues that unite the state rather than those that divide us”, the statement said.
