{"id":9138,"date":"2018-03-19T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T17:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9138"},"modified":"2018-03-19T11:46:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T17:46:55","slug":"police-parade-suspects-armed-by-dino-melaye-charged-for-illegal-possession-of-guns","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/police-parade-suspects-armed-by-dino-melaye-charged-for-illegal-possession-of-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Police parade suspects armed by Dino Melaye; charged for illegal possession of guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Police parade suspects armed by Dino Melaye; charged for illegal possession of guns<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Melaye said it&#8217;s all a gang up to silence him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-8\">\n<div class=\"fcaption\">Senator representing Kogi West in the Senate, Mr. Dino Melaye, who is challenging moves to recall him by his constituency, is in fresh trouble: the Police said they have filed a case in a Lokoja court accusing him and three other persons of illegal possession of firearms.<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, announced the move today in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The police took the action, following the confession of two alleged thugs who claimed to be working for Melaye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe men were arrested on January 19 at Ogojueje in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State after a shootout with the Police; and have confessed to being hired by Melaye to cause mayhem in the state,\u201d Moshood said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the persons arrested was identified as 31-year-old Kabiru Saidu, a.k.a Osama. The other was Nuhu Salisu, who is 25 years old. The third person charged to court was identified as Muhammed Audu, a politician, who is said to currently be at large.<\/p>\n<p>The police said they seized from the thugs and their gang members two AK-47 rifles, five pump action guns, two locally made pistols and heaps of charms.<\/p>\n<p>According to the police, the men not only confessed to have been involved in several kidnappings in the state and environs, they also claimed to be hired thugs for politicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the gang leader, Osama, he has been working as a political thug for one Alhaji Mohammed Audu, a politician in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said Alhaji Mohammed Audu invited him to Abuja and introduced him to Senator Dino Melaye and they met on Airport Road, Abuja, inside Senator Dino Melaye\u2019s car in the month of December, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect further confessed that Senator Dino Melaye told him that they should start working for the Senator as his political thugs and they should recruit and train more other (sic) thugs to work for him in preparation toward 2019 general election to enable him (Sen. Dino Melaye ) challenge his political opponents and disorganise Kogi State,\u201d\u00a0Moshood added.<\/p>\n<p>The police said Osama further confessed that Melaye handed over a bag containing one AK-47 rifle, two pump action guns and N430,000.00 to share with his boys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequent upon the indictments and criminal confessions against Senator Dino Melaye by the principal suspect,\u00a0Kabiru Saidu a.k.a Osama,\u00a0\u201c31 years,\u201d Nigeria Police Force wrote a letter dated 2nd of March, 2018 addressed to the Senate President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, informing and requesting him to release Senator Dino Melaye to report to Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command on the 7th March, 2018 to answer to criminal offences leveled against him, to enable the Police carry out a discreet investigation into the confessions of the principal suspect against Senator Dino Melaye. But Senator Dino Melaye have refused to honour the Police invitation till date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA case of Criminal Conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms have therefore been filed by the Nigeria Police Force at Federal High Court Lokoja on 16th March, 2018 against the two suspects mentioned above, Senator Dino Melaye and Mohammed Audu who is also a suspect in the matter and is now on the run.<\/p>\n<p><em>(NAN)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police parade suspects armed by Dino Melaye; charged for illegal possession of guns Sen. Melaye said it&#8217;s all a gang up to silence him. 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