Melaye alleges plan by IGP to arrest, kill him

The Senator representing Kogi West senatorial district in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye has alleged that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris, is planning to arrest him today (Tuesday) and inject him with a deadly substance.

He also said that the IG had deployed Police operatives that would carry out the operation.

He made the revelation via his verified twitter account, @dino_melaye.

He wrote, “There is a plan by the IGP to arrest me today and inject me to death. Men deployed already. The Commissioner of Police in Kogi State and others (have been) removed. Nigerians, watch out.”

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Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force, Jimoh Moshood, said Melaye’s allegation was capable of misleading the public but that if he had committed a crime, he should come out of his hiding and confess.

“There’s no such order by the IGP,” Moshood said. “And we want to use this medium to tell high-profile people like the senator that they have a responsibility not to make utterances that are capable of misleading the public.

“There are no police personnel deployed to arrest him. Or does the senator know something we don’t know? Has he committed a crime that he is afraid of?”

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