Ebun Francis|
The controversial Senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, Dino Melaye on Friday surrendered to the police after a siege at his Abuja residence that lasted for one week.
He is currently at the head office of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) in Abuja in the company of some lawmakers and his lawyers.
Melaye surrendered to the police a day after human right lawyer, Femi Falana advised him to do so.
The embattled lawmaker is accusing Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello of being behind his ordeal following the siege on his home.
“There is a deliberate attempt by the Kogi state government to kill me, to destroy me. I have written the inspector-general of police (IGP). My international passport is with the Nigerian police, I have a court order that it should be released to me but the IG has refused to honour the court order.”
“If the police that is supposed to maintain law and order cannot obey court order, how do they expect citizens to obey court orders? As I speak to you, my security detail has been withdrawn since April and it is all in a deliberate attempt to expose me, so that I will be killed and destroyed,” he told newsmen on the 28th of December.