– Nigerians have reacted to assassination attempt on the Senator representing Kogi West senatorial district at the Senate, Senator Dino Melaye
– Some of the people that commented said that sympathized with Melaye and asked police to arrest the assailants
– A local government chairman in Kogi state alleged that Melaye stage managed the scene to cause unnecessary tension in the local government
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Nigerians have reacted to assassination attempt on the Senator representing Kogi West senatorial district at the Senate, Senator Dino Melaye
ZENITHBLOG.com previously reported that senator Melaye survived assassination attempt as his cars were riddled with bullet holes.
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According to the report, Senator Melaye was attacked in his residence at Ayetoro-Gbede, Ijumu local government area of Kogi state.
Senator Dino Melaye
After the rain of bullet that lasted over one hour, two of the vehicles parked within the premises were damaged, while part of the building was also destroyed. Speaking to journalists after the incident, Melaye said the assailants came in some minutes after 12 midnight and started shooting indiscriminately into his building.
Tribune however reports that the assassination attempt took a new turn in Monday April 17 as the Administrator of Ijumu local government area of the state, Toufiq Isah, accused the senator of stage managing the attack in order to cause unnecessary tension in the local government.
Senator Dino Melaye’s car’s windscreen shattered by bullets
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Addressing newsmen at his country home in Okoro – Gbede, Isah who is also the chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state, said it was unfortunate that Melaye twisted the story and accused him of planning to kill him.
He said he only heard that the senator entered the Ayetoro with policemen shooting gun sporadically to scare people, wondering why he turned around to claim that he was attack.
He said as chief security officer of the council his responsibility is always to protect the lives and property of the people in the area, noting that if Melaye could not improve on the living standard of the people of Ijumu he should allow them to have peace instead of causing unnecessary distraction.
Nigerians react over Dino Melaye’s assassination attempt
The ALGON chairman, while alleging that Melaye had never empowered anybody in Okunland, called on the EFCC to probe the IDPs materials he usurped and packed in his house.
“I am using this medium to call on the EFCC and the Presidency to investigate how items meant for IDPs in the north eastern parts of the country got to the hand of a Senator who ordinarily supposed to contribute to ameliorate the suffering of the people.
“The items according to information were packed in his house at Ayetoro- Gbede. EFCC should also investigate and unravel staff of NEMA who might aid and abate Dino in that shody deals” he said.
But Melaye has described Isah as a drowning man that was looking for what to hold on to, saying the claim by the council boss was an attempt to cover up his act.
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He said every discerning and sound mind would know that it was impossible for anybody to stage manage such attack on himself.
According to him, the administrator was only attempting to cover his deeds and the evil he had perpetrated.
Meanwhile, watch this ZENITHBLOG.com video to get the gist about Senator Dino Melaye’s certificate saga:
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