‘We Didn’t Abduct Dino Melaye’ – DSS Explains

‘We Didn’t Abduct Dino Melaye’ – DSS Explains

On Friday night, the Department of State Services(DSS) confirmed that
Senator Dino Melaye has been moved from the Police Clinic in Area 1,
Garki, Abuja to its own medical facility in the city.

In a statement, the DSS denied that its men abducted Melaye from the
police hospital. DSS spokesman Peter Afunanya, said the abduction story
was far from the truth.  

“The fact is that it was the Police that brought him to the DSS
facility after obtaining a 14-day detention warrant with effect from 9th
January, 2019. The aim of bringing him to the Service’s facility is to
complement Police efforts in giving the Senator a deserved medical
attention.  

“Consequently, the Service, in line with medical ethics and spirit of
inter-agency cooperation, accepted him. This clarification has become
necessary in order to address the false allegation that hooded men
suspected to be DSS operatives abducted the Senator from the Police
hospital”.  

Melaye was arrested in connection with the shooting of a police
officer in Kogi state in July. He surrendered to the police after a week
of being holed up in his house in Abuja.