Police speak on assassination attempt on Dino Melaye, summon Senator

The Kogi State Police Command has denied report by Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi west district at the National Assembly that unknown gunmen in uniform (police, SARS, and military) fired gun shots at his vehicle while in Kogi.

Senator Dino Melaye had on Thursday disclosed that he escaped another assassination attempt on his way to Isanlu in Yagba East local government council to commissioned some projects.

It was gathered that Dino Melaye, who left his country home at Ayetoro-gbede met roadblock with the heavy truck shortly before Isanlu, as the gunmen also set up burn fire with tyres blocking any one moving into the town.

But the Kogi State Police Command in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, DSP William Ovye Aya, described Melaye’s statement as misleading and covering up the heinous crime committed by his hired aides, who launched a lethal attack on police officers in the course of their normal duty.

DSP Aya also asked Senator Melaye to report with people in his convoy to the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, Lokoja to assist in the investigation of the case.

Narrating the incident, the Kogi Police said that on ‘Thursday at about 1530hours, a team of policemen from the Command was on a routine Anti-Robbery/Kidnapping patrol along Aiyetoro Gbede – Mopa Road and during the patrol, and as it is often the practice, the team pinned down at a point at Iyah Gbede Junction, where they were observing the highway and occasionally conducting Stop and Search.

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