“I am a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and if there is
Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West District in the National Assembly, has vowed not be silent in speaking the truth, nor will he be coerced into supporting any presidential candidate aside that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He made this known on Friday in Abuja, while commenting on the siege laid to his house by the Nigerian Police in Abuja.
Speaking via telephone from an undisclosed location, he maintained that he would not compromise on speaking the truth. He said he was out of Abuja and claimed that the invasion of his house was a deliberate attempt to “kill him”.
He also stated that the Police had refused to release his international passport to him, despite a court order, just as he accused the Nigerian Police of exposing him to danger by withdrawing his security detail since April.
His words: “My international passports are with the Police and I have a court order that it should be released to me.
“The IGP has refused to honour the court order. As I speak to you,