“The general apathy that greeted the exercise, in spite of government efforts to mobilise people to participate, is a clear indication that the APC has lost relevance in Kogi,” PDP said in a statement signed by Dickson Achadu, Director, Research and Documentation.
Browsing: Dino Melaye
In a statement in Lokoja on Friday, the party said that it was not in support of the recall of Melaye from the beginning.
The party made the condemnation in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Tuesday.
He is being interrogated by the police in connection with sponsoring of political violence in Kogi and illegal possession of firearms.
According to a statement by the Force Spokesman, ACP Jimoh Moshood, Melaye escaped from lawful police custody while being taken for arraignment in Federal High Court, Lokoja, from Abuja.
Ayodele in statement in Abuja on Tuesday said: “For the avoidance of doubt, Senator Melaye had never evaded police invitation before now because there was none extended to him in the first place”.
Melaye’s appeal is sequel to a judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal on March 16, which gave INEC the go ahead to continue with the recall.
The suspects are: Kabiru Seidu, 31, alias Osama, Nuhu Salisu, 25, alias small, Musa Mohammed, 27, alias Iko and Emmanuel Audu, 26.
Prof. James Apam, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kogi, disclosed this in Lokoja at a stakeholders meeting which had representatives of various political parties and other stakeholders in attendance.
The police in Lokoja on Monday said they have charged the senator with illegal possession of firearms in a case filed in a Lokoja court on March 16.
Relying on the Senate rules, Melaye urged the Senate to revisit the bill with a view to veto the president if he failed to rescind his rejection of the bill.
Melaye, representing Kogi West, was dragged to court on a two-count charge bordering on giving false information, offences he denied committing.
This was even as senators stormed the Abuja Court in solidarity with the embattled senator.
Consequently, it mandated the Committee on Judiciary Human Rights and Legal Matters to commence the probe.
Moving the motion, Melaye said there was the need for the Senate to unravel the objective of the account and source of its funding.
Here, let me urge all Nigerians to use the relational nature of both the social media and global space to deny Saraki from being made president of Nigeria now, soon or in the future
While reacting to the visit of the Bishops, under the aegis of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, who told Buhari Nigerians were angry, Bello, among others, said the position was informed by the fact that the access to stolen funds used to pay tithes had been blocked by the President
The report, titled: “Stealing the future: How federal universities in Nigeria have been stripped apart by corruption,” says: “Impunity for corruption in the university system has negatively affected the governance of federal universities and the quality of education received by the students.”
Melaye filed a suit before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba seeking an interpretation of the court’s judgment of September 11, 2017.
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba said he was minded to exercise his discretion to hear the matter within the court’s vacation period.