The Kogi state police command has confirmed the re-arrest of three out of the six suspects involved in the arms case against Senator Dino Melaye who escaped from custody on Wednesday. The outgoing state commissioner of police, Ali Janga, who…
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POLICE IG ORDERS REMOVAL OF KOGI STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER AS 6 SUSPECTS ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY
Inspector-General Ibrahim Idris has ordered the removal of Kogi State Police Commissioner Ali Janga, following yesterday’s escape of six suspects from custody. Idris asked the Commissioner of Police, Federal Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Esa Sunday Ogbu, to proceed and take…
SUPPLY OF ARMS TO CRIMINALS: MELAYE REACTS TO POLICE CLAIM
Embattled Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has reacted to claim by the police that two criminal suspects arrested in Kogi state confessed that he was the one who supplied them with guns. The Senator said the claim was part of…
VIGILANTE SERVICE GROUP: SENATE ORDERS INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED LAW PASSED BY KOGI STATE
The Nigerian Senate has ordered its Committee on Security, Intelligence and Judiciary to immediately open investigation into an alleged law passed by Kogi State establishing “Vigilante Service Group”. Senate wants the National Security Adviser, Ali Mongunu and the Attorney-General of…
MELAYE’S NARROW ESCAPE FROM SARS OPERATIVES
Over 24 hours after operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad were deployed to lay a siege to an Abuja court in a botched attempt to arrest Dino Melaye, the Force Headquarters has failed to offer any explanation for the move.…
APC HAS FAILED TO MEET EXPECTATIONS OF NIGERIANS- MELAYE
Senator Dino Melaye has said the APC has failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians, many of whom he said, defied the odds to vote for Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s President in the 2015 general elections. The Kogi lawmaker stated this on…
GOV. BELLO TRYING TO REDUCE KOGI STATE’S MONTHLY SALARY BILL- MELAYE
Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi), Chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT, yesterday, said Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State lied on the claim that he took N10 billion to offset salary arrears. Melaye, in a statement issued at the…