The Nigeria Police Force, on Wednesday, denied plans to arrest and kill Senator Dino Melaye.
A
statement by Police spokesman, DCP Jimooh Moshood said a statement
attributed to Senator Dino Melaye, captioned “IG plans to arrest me,
inject me to death,” is false.
Moshood said: “The Force is
categorically stating that the statement is mischievous, malicious,
capable of misleading the public and laughable.”
He added that,
“there was no such order from the Inspector General of Police or any
plan by the Force to arrest Senator Dino Melaye and inject him to
death.”
However, the Police said: “But if the Senator knows he
had committed any crime or he is aware of his involvement in any crime,
he should come out and confess and face the legal consequences instead
of whipping up sentiments to distract the public.”
“The Force
sees such defamatory, mischievous, malicious and reckless statement by
Senator Dino Melaye as untrue, ridiculous, mischievous and unfortunate.”
Moshood
added that: “Members of the public are hereby enjoined to disregard and
discountenance the statement by Senator Dino Melaye in its entirety as
untrue and mischievous.”
He also said Melaye should know that his statement constitute a criminal defamatory offence, hate speech and hateful conduct.
“He
should however, as a law maker, be law abiding and desist from
un-senatorial and lawless utterances that cannot be substantiated with
facts.
“The Inspector General of Police will not be distracted by
statements from the likes of Senator Dino Melaye but will continue to
ensure that the rule of law prevails in all matters,” the police stated.
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