Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West, has finally spoken from his hideout on the reasons why he will not surrender himself to the Nigeria Police Force.
Mr Melaye, who had earlier alleged that the
Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, will inject him to death if he is
arrested, compared his challenges to that of Prophet Elijah in the Bible, in a
tweet on Tuesday evening.
He also maintained that he will continue to
remain in his hideout.
Premium Times had earlier reported how the
police laid siege to the senator’s Abuja residence on Friday, ending on an
aggravating note, a turbulent year which began with allegations that the
lawmaker was involved in multiple armed robbery and murder plots.
The siege marks at least the fourth attempt to
arrest Mr Melaye by the police in 2018.
The police, in a statement by its spokesperson,
Jimoh Moshood, while speaking on the reason for laying siege to Mr Melaye’s residence, said the
senator, alongside his ‘armed thugs’, shot one Danjuma Saliu, a sergeant, in
July 2018.
Rather than debunk or admit the allegations
made by the police, Mr Melaye simply said in his Tuesday tweet that he is being
wise and not scared by hiding.
Mr Melaye said the Bible records Prophet Elijah
to be one of the strongest prophets that lived, but he went to Mount Carmel to
hide when King Ahab sought him to kill him because of the way he boldly
declared the truth.
“There is a difference with being scared and
being wise,” the controversial lawmaker wrote on Twitter.
Mr Melaye is seeking re-election in Kogi on the
platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He is already facing two different trials by
the police for alleged attempted suicide and allegedly arming criminals. He was
granted bail by the court in both instances.
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Premium Times
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