ABUJA — THE
EXECUTIVE Secretary, Anti-corruption Network and former member of the House of
Representatives, Hon. Dino Melaye, Monday night, in Abuja, the Federal Capital
Territory, FCT, said he escaped assassination attempt as unidentified men
in a black Golf car shot at his car.
EXECUTIVE Secretary, Anti-corruption Network and former member of the House of
Representatives, Hon. Dino Melaye, Monday night, in Abuja, the Federal Capital
Territory, FCT, said he escaped assassination attempt as unidentified men
in a black Golf car shot at his car.
Melaye, it
was gathered, was coming from the National Hospital, Central Area, Abuja about
9:30 p.m. when suddenly the Golf car which had overtaken him, parked ahead of
him and started shooting sporadically.
was gathered, was coming from the National Hospital, Central Area, Abuja about
9:30 p.m. when suddenly the Golf car which had overtaken him, parked ahead of
him and started shooting sporadically.
The sound of
the sporadic gun shots, it was gathered, made him to increase the speed of his
car as he immediately drove to the nearby Police check point for safety and
also to report the incident with the windscreen of his Bentley car badly
shattered.
the sporadic gun shots, it was gathered, made him to increase the speed of his
car as he immediately drove to the nearby Police check point for safety and
also to report the incident with the windscreen of his Bentley car badly
shattered.
In an
interview over the alleged attempt on his life, Melaye who expressed
indignation over the alleged cold response by the Police at the check point
towards his complaint to them, said it was the FCT Director of the Department
of state security and an Assistant Commissioner of Police that came to his
rescue.
interview over the alleged attempt on his life, Melaye who expressed
indignation over the alleged cold response by the Police at the check point
towards his complaint to them, said it was the FCT Director of the Department
of state security and an Assistant Commissioner of Police that came to his
rescue.
He said that
there were threats to his life before the incident and that he had reported the
threat to the Inspector General of Police and had sought for police protection;
though his letter was acknowledged, nothing had been done.
there were threats to his life before the incident and that he had reported the
threat to the Inspector General of Police and had sought for police protection;
though his letter was acknowledged, nothing had been done.
Giving
account of what happened the Monday night, he sai: “Basically, I was coming
from the National Hospital and I noticed shortly after the bridge before the
ICPC, a certain black Golf car which got close and overtook me in a very
dangerous manner.
account of what happened the Monday night, he sai: “Basically, I was coming
from the National Hospital and I noticed shortly after the bridge before the
ICPC, a certain black Golf car which got close and overtook me in a very
dangerous manner.
“I had to
stop for the car to drive far ahead before I continued. Shortly after
ChurchGate Building I noticed the same car from afar parked by the end of the
road with all the four doors opened and there was light inside but no one was
inside.
stop for the car to drive far ahead before I continued. Shortly after
ChurchGate Building I noticed the same car from afar parked by the end of the
road with all the four doors opened and there was light inside but no one was
inside.
“I was
approaching a bend that will take you to the twin towers of the NNPC. At that
point I just heard sporadic shooting, maybe to the air or whatever. I
accelerated my drive. As I was approaching the last bend I just heard gun shot
at my car.
approaching a bend that will take you to the twin towers of the NNPC. At that
point I just heard sporadic shooting, maybe to the air or whatever. I
accelerated my drive. As I was approaching the last bend I just heard gun shot
at my car.
“At that
point, I ran to the next police checkpoint. I told them to make a radio call
that I had just escaped an assassination attempt and that the assailants were
in a Golf car and that they should block all routes.
point, I ran to the next police checkpoint. I told them to make a radio call
that I had just escaped an assassination attempt and that the assailants were
in a Golf car and that they should block all routes.
“Unfortunately,
the police said where the incident happened was not their beat. I said you are
a federal police, okay, make a radio call that this is the complaint so that
the police around there can cordon that area off, but they did not.”
the police said where the incident happened was not their beat. I said you are
a federal police, okay, make a radio call that this is the complaint so that
the police around there can cordon that area off, but they did not.”
Source: Vanguard
