Bukola Saraki, Senate President, has ordered personnel of the Nigeria Police laying seige at the residence of Senator Dino Melaye to leave the area immediately.

Mr Saraki gave the order in a statement signed by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) on Saturday.

Senator Melaye had raised alarm that his Abuja residence was under siege. The alarm comes days after he alleged that there are plans to abduct and inject him to death.

Truly as he alleged, Police Hilux Van littered streets leading to the Mississippi residence and forcefully gained entrance into the building.

Some basic amenities in the building has been disconnected in a bid to force out the lawmaker who have claimed he is not in the building. This police has doubted the claim and are not backing down from abducting Melaye.

The police has said the lawmaker is being wanted for allegedly committing homicide in July.

Condemning the invasion, the Senate President described the action as another instance of police being used to suppress the rights of the citizenry and silencing people with opposing views to the current administration.

The top lawmaker noted that a situation where the police invaded the home of a Nigerian lawmaker, interfered with the supply of electricity and water to the house, beat up and cuffed his domestic staff and disturbed the peace of his neighbours by claiming he allegedly committed an offence in July was “unacceptable.”

He said the timing of the invasion and the desperate attempt to arrest the Senator is suspicious as the man had raised an alarm a few days before his house was invaded that there was an attempt by the police to get hold of him and inflict injury on his person, an allegation that was denied by the police.

“The general belief now is that the Police action against Senator Melaye was aimed at keeping him out of circulation so that he would not participate in the general elections coming in February. The manner of invasion on his house is highly suspicious. This same man has been charged with sundry and needless allegations and he has attended the various court sessions. He is also a candidate in the coming elections and therefore have no reason to run away from the country,” Saraki said.

“He was also present in the Senate for plenary, committee meetings and oversight functions till the Senate went on recess on December 20, 2018. Though the police in their statement claim that there was a request to the Clerk of the National Assembly (CNA) inviting Senator Melaye to report to the police, my enquiry from the CNA showed that he had no such letter.

“If there was an offence allegedly committed in July and the police waited till now, we do not see the urgency in the need to arrest him about six weeks to the election in which he is a candidate. He could have been invited to report to the police on Monday. This desperation to haul him in is beyond normal. This same IGP who refused to honour the invitation of the Senate for him to give information on the security situation in the country and rushed to the court to seek protection of his rights is now violating the rights of other people. In the same manner, a Senate resolution to the effect that his security personnel that were withdrawn should be reinstated has not been obeyed.

“It has not gone without notice that Senator Melaye is a member of the opposition. We cannot remember any member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) being treated in this manner. Even the one who allegedly led thugs to forcefully seize the mace while Senate was in session, in the full glare of television camera, is still roaming the streets free without prosecution.

“This method of digging out some old charges and allegations to arrest and incarcerate political opponents has presented this current Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Kpotum Idris, as the most partisan head of the Nigerian Police ever in the history of this country. We have continued to call on the security agencies to steer clear of partisanship and be professional in their activities.

“This country is not a banana country. Nobody is saying the police should not do their work in the prevention of crime and enforcement of laws. However, a pattern of creating trumped up charges, implicating those who have contrary views to the administration and employing crude tactics under the pretext of enforcing laws is unacceptable to us. It is not because Senator Melaye is the victim this time around. This should not happen to any Nigerian.

“We are disturbed that the administration remains non-challant about this negative development by claiming that these excesses and anti-democratic activities of the police are proper and normal and that they do not want to interfere with the work of the law enforcement agents, but we all know these oppressive tactics of the police have something to do with the coming Polls.

“The Police cannot act outside the law of the land. They should not be infringing on the rights of people. They should not be oppressing the people and they should not be adopting extra-legal measures under the guise of enforcing law. They should vacate Senator Melaye’s house immediately, release the innocent domestic staff in his house who cannot be said to have committed any offence, stop the interference with utility services in his house and ensure that all their actions are within the ambit of the law”, the Senate President stated.

Source: https://politicstimesng.com/laid-siege-leave-melayes-house-immediately-saraki-orders-police/

lalasticlala

Mumu Senate President No Be Only Order...

Ndi Ara!

PDP=PEOPLE DESTROYING PROGRESS

Once you leave APC you have become an enemy to the state..

he has no such powers.only the IG can do that!!

What i don't understand is the comment of the people above me. They are worst then the police action itself. So pathetic.

I weep for this country.

bet9ja:
What i don't understand is the comment of the people above me. They are worst then the police action itself. So pathetic.

I tell you bro

SARAKI YOU ARE A THIEF.

Dino is a Rascal...

kill dino
like you
kill badeh

Saraki does not have the power to command the Police (even National Assembly resolution come as a request) let alone a Saraki's media aide giving order to the Police.

These people think we are still in PDP era where Tom thinks himself a demi god.

Every tyrant must have an end !!!!!!!!!!

Dino cannot supervise the shooting of a police officer and be walking free. He better report to the station before they drag in cuffs.

Lol, and Babachir Lawal and Maina are walking free

SARAKI give order for police to vacate the building, those saraki think he have such power to order nigeria police force? Or did he think nigeria police force belong to his father ?

The Senate president exercising the executive function of controlling the police? Maybe on planet Mars sha. Operational control of the police is vested in the president through the inspector general who serves at his pleasure. Saraki can order his bank robbers sha

Look at him talking as if he is the IG...stupid man

Oweku:
Once you leave APC you have become an enemy to the state..

More like a wolf in sheep's clothing,e.g. Saraki & Dogara?

PurestBoy:
Lol, and Babachir Lawal and Maina are walking free

Dumbo try get sense,black man know yourself.

ChimaAgbalajob:
Buhari's abuse of power will come to an end.

I know he thinks he is untouchable because he will use Police and army to rig 2019 elections and announce himself the winner, but we shall see how that ends and the path he would have chosen for Nigeria after rigging the elections.

Nigeria needs a true democrat who will unite the country and STOP the abuse of power perpetrated by this regime.

May God preserve Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and return Nigeria to the path of democracy and prosperity for everyone.

No time for experiment,if atiku had any meaningful plan he wouldn't have given the present government the blueprint or was he deliberately sabotaging the Government and his party apc for his own selfish ambition?

rexwalters:
Dumbo try get sense,black man know yourself.

Address me the way you address the elders in your house

Dino been evading arrest
And he’s coming up with useless accusations
How would he supervise the shooting of a cop and go scot free

Saraki should order his boy to come out of hiding and face the music

I will be happy to see Dino in jail

He needs to release a jail album

Let each n every arm of the government do their jobs wdt fear or favour but ds na 9ija.

limitless777:
Let each n every arm of the government do their jobs wdt fear or favour but ds na 9ija.

Many Nigerians no matter their political parties want Nigeria to work and prosper again.

Buhari's game plan is to prevent other arms of government from doing their work. He will fail.

APC has eaten the future of nigeria. And they need the next 4 years to escape jail sentence.. Mr man EFCC will be back to what we used to know.. Under the right leadership.. And that leadership is not buhariAPC CROOKS ARE SATANIC