Gbenga Odogun
The senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, has accused the police command of Kogi State of attempting to kill him.
Melaye said this in reaction to the police, which had alleged that the senator’s security details repeatedly shot at policemen conducting ‘stop and search’ operations in Mopa.
According to a statement by Melaye’s media assistant, Mr. Gideon Ayodele, on the senator’s way back from Isanlu, armed Special Anti-Robbery Squad operatives allegedly stopped his car next to the vehicle of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps leading his convoy.
Melaye said, “The police stopped the vehicle of the civil defence corps, arrested them and suddenly opened fire on my vehicle, including my back- up vehicle. We all had to run for dear life as they continue to shoot at my SUV and, apart from the officers of the NSCDC, there was no…
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