Senator Dino Melaye has lashed out at the allegations that he armed and paid a criminal gang to work for him ahead of the 2019 elections.
The police recently said it arrested two suspects with arms in who confessed that they were working for Melaye.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer Mr. Jimoh Moshood, said the suspects also confessed to the roles they played in kidnappings and armed robbery in different towns across the state.
The police spokesman said, “According to the gang leader Kabiru Saidu a.k.a Osama “31 YRS”, he has been working as a political thug for one Alhaji Mohammed Audu – a politician in the state.
“He said Alhaji Mohammed Audu invited him to Abuja and introduced him to Senator Dino Melaye and they met on Airport road, Abuja inside the Senator Dino Melaye’s car in the month of December 2017.
“The 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 thugs to work for him in preparation toward 2019 general elections to enable him (Senator Dino Melaye) challenge his political opponents and disorganise Kogi State.”
Speaking in a telephone interview on Monday, Melaye said the claims are part of a plot to silence him.
“It’s all a gang up to silence me. The battle to liberate Kogi State and Nigeria is a battle of no retreat no surrender,” he said.
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