Dino
Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West, says he escaped death by the
whiskers when gunmen invaded his house in the early hours of Saturday at
Ayetoro-Gbede in Kogi State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reported that
the gunmen numbering about 10 arrived the house at about midnight through the
bush and opened fire from different directions on the house.
The house was riddled with bullets while two of
the vehicles parked in the estate were damaged by the hoodlums, the agency
reported.
Mr. Melaye was in his country home at
Ayetoro-Gbede in Ijumu Local Government Area for the Easter holiday at the time
of the attack, NAN said.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the
state, William Aya, told NAN that the police received a distress call from the
senator at about 1 a.m. and immediately responded.
He said the hoodlums escaped before the police
arrived, thereby making arrest impossible.
Mr. Aya said the Commissioner of Police, Wilson
Inalegwu, had set up an investigation committee headed by the Deputy
Commissioner of Police in charge of operations to unravel those behind the
attack.
On his part, Mr. Melaye said the hoodlums
arrived at about midnight and started shooting sporadically at the main
building in the compound.
He said
the shooting lasted for almost one hour, adding that apart from the building
riddled with bullets, two of his vehicles were damaged.
The senator said the attack was most likely due
to his incessant verbal attacks on the State Government.
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