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DINO MELAYE ASSASSINATION SAGA: Kogi ALGON boss debunks arrest report

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LOKOJA—Isah Taufiq, the Chairman of the Association
of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, Kogi State
chapter, who is also the Administrator of Ijumu Local
Government Area, yesterday, described as “malicious
and a tissue of lies,” reports that he had been arrested
and whisked away to Abuja over the purported
assassination attempt on Senator Dino Melaye.

              Sen. Dino Melaye

The Administrator, who debunked the purported
allegation through his media consultant, Abubakar
Suleiman, insisted that the rumour was untrue.
According to him, “the Administrator, as the chief
security officer of the local government, had already
constituted a 10-man committee to investigate the
assassination claim by Senator Dino Melaye even as the
Commissioner of Police, Wilson Inalegwu, has also
instituted a high-powered probe panel, which is headed
by the Regent of Olujumu.
“It is surprising to read that he has been arrested
despite the fact that he personally briefed some
journalists on his efforts to unravel the veracity of the
assassination claim by Senator Melaye at the NUJ Press
Centre on Wednesday.
“The story was sponsored by those who have been
desperate to smear Mr. Taufiq’s good reputation.
“The people of Kogi should disregard the unfounded story
and journalists must confirm facts before going to
press.”

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