Melaye declines PDP’s appointment as DG Kogi Guber Campaign Council
Senator Dino Melaye has rejected his appointment as the Director-General of the Kogi State Governorship Campaign Council by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Melaye made this known on Friday via his Twitter handle @dino-melaye. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan had told newsmen that Melaye has been appointed the DG of Kogi State Governorship Campaign Council. However, declining the offer, Melaye wrote: “Let me state categorically that I have turned down the position of the Director-General of the Kogi State Governorship Campaign Council. “I wish PDP all the best. When truth is a casualty, there is chaos.”
Ministerial screening: Beautiful nonsense, says Melaye
The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district, Dino Melaye, has faulted the ongoing ministerial screening process. Speaking on Channels TV, Melaye said Nigerians are unhappy with the ongoing screening at the senate adding that the current approach by the senate has turned the exercise into “more of an adoption than a screening”. The senate has been widely criticised for asking many nominees to “take a bow and go” rather than grill them ahead of their inauguration. “I will tell you categorically that Nigerians are not happy especially with the way the proceedings of the screening have been conducted and I
Why I pleaded with Sen. Melaye not to commit suicide” – Witness tells court
A Prosecution witness, on Tuesday, told an FCT High Court that he pleaded with Sen. Dino Melaye not to drink the substance he had in his hand when he threatened to commit suicide on April 24, 2018. Testifying, a police sergeant with the Inspector-General of Police Special Tactical Squad, Sgt. Alwo Mohammed, said, “I pleaded with him to get back into the bus. “I told him he was my most favourite Senator. He refused to get up. He had a substance in his hand.” Melaye, who represents Kogi West senatorial district in the National Assembly, is charged before Justice Sylvanus
Police Attempted To Kill Me Twice –Melaye Alleges
Senator Dino Melaye of Kogi State, representing Kogi West at the Senate has revealed that Nigerian Police attempted to killed him twice. He said this at the plenary of the Senate yesterday when he was addressing the house over his ordeals in the hands of the police. Melaye alleged that the first attempt to kill him was through a chemical susbstance while the second attempt was through injection. He claimed it was only God who saved him. More to follow....
Why I Refused To Sit With APC Senators –Melaye
Senator Dino Melaye of Kogi west in Kogi State, has given the reason he refused to sit with the All Progressives Congress (APC) senators at the hallow chambers of the Senate today. Melaye alleged that he saw lion, tiger, snakes on his former seat among his party men, hence he changed the seat. See his tweet : 9
FG Asks Court To Reverse Self On Melaye’s Bail
The Federal Government has yesterday asked the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama to revoke the bail it granted to Senator Dino Melaye over an allegation of false alarm. The Federal government asked the court to reverse self on the bail because senator Dino Melaye was absent in court for the commencement of hearing on the two criminal charges preferred against him by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation. Labaran Shuaibu, lawyer to the Federal government prayed the court to reverse the bail or in the alternative, summon senator Melaye's surety to appear and
