Dino Melaye writes police IG, lists condition to submit self

The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has written the
Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to help resolve the
ongoing fracas between him and officers of the Nigeria police.

Melaye said he was ready to submit himself to the police on the
condition that he was investigated by police officers from Abuja,
and not Kogi.

In a five-page letter written by his counsel, Rickey Tarfa, the
lawmaker alleged that police officers in Kogi state were
compromised and were controlled by the governor.

He alleged that the plan was orchestrated by Governor Bello.

“Our client told us that from information made available to him
by his supporters, the intention was to abduct him and whisk him to
Kogi State where he would be at the complete mercy of the governor
and where plans had been perfected and were being implemented to
frame him on spurious charges, arrest and detain him, and then
murder him in prison while he is awaiting trial,” his lawyer
wrote.

“It is worthy of note that our client has severally stated in
the media that he is aware of this nefarious plan and the
involvement of Kogi State Police Command in implementing the same.
The sheer number of armed policemen and security personnel deployed
from KogiState on 1st March 2018 to abduct our client from the FCT
High Court premises gives credence to our client’s fears. Our
client was however lucky not to be noticed by the policemen laying
siege, as he left the court premises.

“Sir, as the chief law enforcement officer of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, we urge that you intervene in the
circumstances. It is obvious to our client that there is no
plausible reason for him to believe that his personal safety is
guaranteed in the hands of Kogi State Police Command.

“Sir, we urge for your urgent intervention in this matter. As we
have stated, our client, convinced of his innocence is ready to
submit himself for investigation and to answer any charge against
his person but by police officers of whose neutrality he is
confident in this matter, police officers from Abuja.

“Our client being a prominent serving senator of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Chairman, Senate Committee on FCT, Chairman,
Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Publicity and member of several other
senate committees, will not and cannot run from justice, but balks
at being delivered directly into the hands of people who have made
public threats against his person.

“We anxiously await your intervention sir, to secure the life of
our client, and to avoid any breakdown of law and order,” he
said.

The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has written the
Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to help resolve the
ongoing fracas between him and officers of the Nigeria police.

Melaye said he was ready to submit himself to the police on the
condition that he was investigated by police officers from Abuja,
and not Kogi.

In a five-page letter written by his counsel, Rickey Tarfa, the
lawmaker alleged that police officers in Kogi state were
compromised and were controlled by the governor.

He alleged that the plan was orchestrated by Governor Bello.

“Our client told us that from information made available to him
by his supporters, the intention was to abduct him and whisk him to
Kogi State where he would be at the complete mercy of the governor
and where plans had been perfected and were being implemented to
frame him on spurious charges, arrest and detain him, and then
murder him in prison while he is awaiting trial,” his lawyer
wrote.

“It is worthy of note that our client has severally stated in
the media that he is aware of this nefarious plan and the
involvement of Kogi State Police Command in implementing the same.
The sheer number of armed policemen and security personnel deployed
from KogiState on 1st March 2018 to abduct our client from the FCT
High Court premises gives credence to our client’s fears. Our
client was however lucky not to be noticed by the policemen laying
siege, as he left the court premises.

“Sir, as the chief law enforcement officer of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, we urge that you intervene in the
circumstances. It is obvious to our client that there is no
plausible reason for him to believe that his personal safety is
guaranteed in the hands of Kogi State Police Command.

“Sir, we urge for your urgent intervention in this matter. As we
have stated, our client, convinced of his innocence is ready to
submit himself for investigation and to answer any charge against
his person but by police officers of whose neutrality he is
confident in this matter, police officers from Abuja.

“Our client being a prominent serving senator of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Chairman, Senate Committee on FCT, Chairman,
Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Publicity and member of several other
senate committees, will not and cannot run from justice, but balks
at being delivered directly into the hands of people who have made
public threats against his person.

“We anxiously await your intervention sir, to secure the life of
our client, and to avoid any breakdown of law and order,” he
said.