The Kogi State Police Command has denied the allegations that its personnel attacked the convoy of the lawmaker representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ali Janga, faulted the claims while addressing reporters on Friday at his office in Lokoja, the state capital.
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Senator Melaye had accused the police of shooting at his convoy on his way to inaugurate a project in his constituency on Thursday in Kogi.
But the Police Commissioner noted that while the allegations were untrue, the police opened fire in defence of a purported shooting by some individuals in the lawmaker’s convoy.
“Unidentified civilians inside (a vehicle in the convoy) decided to open fire on my policemen. You don’t expect the police to fold their arms; eventually they replied and opened fire too,” he said.
“Dino has been going round telling people that he was attacked by unidentified…
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