Dino Melaye: Police Has No Right To Declare Any Citizen Wanted - Victor Ekim

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Dino Melaye: Police Has No Right To Declare Any Citizen Wanted - Victor Ekim

 

A Former Vice Chairman of the FCT Chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association, Victor Ekim, has said the police have no right to declare any citizen wanted.

He said this when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Wednesday following the decision of the Police to declare the senator representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye and seven others, wanted. 

Ekim said what the police ought to have done was to send a letter to the Senate President, requesting that he produces Senator Melaye or go to court.

“I would say that amounts to trivializing the issue. Dino Melaye is a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and I think they have these appellation ‘distinguished’ attached to their names.

“He draws salary from the taxpayers’ funds, so he can be reached through the Senate President. The proper approach is to send a letter to the Senate President, requesting that he produce Dino Melaye to the police authority for questioning.

“A second way to go about it is to present a court with the allegation against Dino Melaye and the evidence the police has gathered against him.

“But the police cannot arrogate unto itself the power to prosecute and pass a sentence by way of declaring a citizen wanted.

“That has been struck down by a court of law in the Federal Capital Territory where honourable Justice Musa declared the powers of the EFCC to declare a citizen wanted, illegal.

“The Police on its own does not have a right to declare a citizen wanted, it means you are the complainant, the investigator and the one declaring him wanted so you’re overriding judicial powers,” he stated.

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Cat Race: Gov. Bello Wishes "Operation Apatuma" Continues Indefinitely

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Cat Race: Gov. Bello Wishes "Operation Apatuma" Continues Indefinitely

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has commended troops of “Operation Ayam apatuma” (cat race) for their excellent job that has brought down the act of criminality in the state,.

Bello who was speaking on Tuesday when he paid a visit to members of the Armed forces taking part in the Operation Ayam apatuma at Irepeni village along Okene/Lokoja road said he wished to have them throughout his administration as governor of Kogi State.

According to him, the rising cases of crimes and criminality in Benue, Kogi, Kaduna , Taraba and Nasarawa state made President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Chief of Army staff to deploy troops to those states to carry out military operation.

He said that the exercise had helped to complement the state government’s efforts to further made the state safer.

“In the wisdom of Mr President, he directed the Chief of Army staff to deploy troops to carry out some operations in some areas where criminals are disturbing the citizens.

“The operations started in Benue state and it is also taking place in Kogi state. I am here today to visit the troops who are on the field and whose performances has impressed me so much. I met them in high morale and wish to have them in the state through out my duration as governor of Kogi,” the governor said.

The Governor also warned armed robbers and kidnappers to leave the state or face the full wrath of the law.

In his remark, the leader of the troops, Major General Felix Agugo disclosed that the operation will last till the end of March, adding that they were in the state to fight every form of criminality.

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Gov. Bello, A Little Hitler - Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe

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Gov. Bello, A Little Hitler - Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Chairman of South East Senate caucus, has said the Kogi State Governor, “Yahaya Bello behaves like little Hitler.”

The lawmaker stated this while lambasting Bello over his alleged high handedness in handling the issue of security in the state.

Speaking during plenary yesterday, the lawmaker expressed worry that things may get worse if Bello gains control of the police in the state.

Abaribe maintained that Bello was bad example of youths in leadership.

According to Abaribe, “Why would a member of this Hallowed Chamber not be left to do what he has to do for his constituents? It may be him today but it will be another person tomorrow.

“That means if the governor doesn’t like what you are doing, he will send the Police after you. How can we live in this country and have an avowed war hero who told us that ‘once I step into office, I will take care of security’? Yet, things are worse than ever.

“We shouldn’t put this under the table. It was Dino, now Ogembe. Tomorrow it may be Aidoko, all in the same Kogi state.

“People have been running around and saying that we need youths in government. The man in Kogi is a youth but how come this youth does not know what he is doing? There is so much insecurity in this particular place.

“That does not give credence that this country should be handed over to a youth. If we hand over this country to him, what will now happen? This country will be thrown to the dogs. It is not youth but the ideas that you have.

“I want you to even go for that his seat because if that is what is making him feel so big, let someone else challenge him. We cannot continue this way where Senators will be afraid to go home because somebody is sitting down there, deciding that he will be a little Hitler.”

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Kogi Crisis: "You're Turning The State Into A Confluence Of Blood" Ibira Youth Slams Belo

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Kogi Crisis: "You're Turning The State Into A Confluence Of Blood" Ibira Youth Slams Belo

The Ebira Youth Elites Organisation of Nigeria has warned the Kogi State ‎governor, Alh. Yahyah Bello, against turning the state into a confluence of blood.

The warning came following last weekend’s crisis that erupted in some parts of Kogi state, especially Ebira land between youths suspected to be political thugs.

In a statement issued Tuesday in Abuja and signed by the group’s president, Yunusa Jimoh, the community based organization said Kogi was gradually turning to a Confluence of blood under the current administration led by governor Bello.

It also condemned “the violent attacks and reported counter-attack on political opponents and wish to refresh our memories to the not-so-recent past when we had a terrible war of attrition among brothers. That dark period, no doubt, set us back for several decades”.

Part of the statement reads; “While some few altruistic youths are daily racking their brains, networking and rallying forces to draw attention to the long-neglected Ajaokuta Steel Company, it is shameful that some members of the political class who have lost their voices as regards this noble national endeavour are now trying to come back to political reckoning by using as a launchpad, crude underhand tactics, including violence just in the lead-up to the 2019 General Elections.

“In case our politicians have forgotten or do not know, may we kindly remind them that even in Katsina, President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state, there are still several opposition parties and for them, the sky is big enough for each one to pursue its legitimate aspirations.

“Ours is a Confluence of Peace, not of blood. As we approach a crucial election year, partisans must play by the rules and avoid this gradual descent into anarchy or a return to the dark days of organized terror and thuggery.

“We make bold to say that an eye for an eye would soon make all of us go blind.

“From our research, poverty and drug abuse are at the root of the wave of violence that is threatening to engulf the land. While we urge the political class to do more to stem the rising tide of poverty in the land, we call on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA and other security agencies in the state to devise workable mechanisms of tracking the suppliers and sellers of these hard drugs.

“We also call on security agencies who are saddled with the onerous task of maintaining law and order to act on actionable intelligence at their disposal to rein in the forces of terror in our land.

“EYEN also commend those who have intervened and helped in putting an end to the impending disaster, among who is the Governor of Kogi State Alh. Yahaya Bello and his intervention team led by Engr. Abubakar Ohere. We implore all that are affected to adhere to wise counsel as we pray God to continue to sustain his peace in our hearts, our homes and in our community.

“EYEN sympathizes with the injured and those whose properties were destroyed. We urge them not to make a resort to the use of brute force by trying to retaliate.

“We certainly do not want a day whereby few forces of evil would reduce Ebiraland to a Hobbesian state where life would become hellish, nasty, brutish and short. May that day never come.”

 

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