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Day 3: PDP raises alarm as police continues siege to Melaye’s home

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Sunday, December 30, that the only sin Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West, committed was his return from the All Progressives Congress and determination to fight misrule.

The opposition party said with the continued lockdown on the residence of Senator Dino Melaye by the police, “the Muhammadu Buhari presidency is turning Nigeria into a police state, where those opposed to President Buhari’s re-election are treated like enemies of the state.”

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The party, in a statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, said the continued siege, which has been widely condemned as unwarranted and provocative, showed that the police under President Buhari, had become an instrument of oppression to subjugate dissenting voices ahead of the 2019 general election.

“The party invites Nigerians to note that the only sin committed by its presidential campaign director of civil societies, Senator Melaye, is his return to the PDP and his forthright stand against the misrule of the Buhari administration, which are all well within his rights as a citizen.

“Since Senator Melaye, left the APC, the Buhari administration has continued to hound and harass him, as well as the members of his family with trumped up charges, all aimed to silence and put him out of circulation ahead of the 2019 general election.

“The PDP has become extremely worried about the safety of Senator Melaye and his family members under police lockdown and charges Nigerians to hold President Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) responsible should any harm befall him or any member of his family.

“This is particularly against the background of Senator Melaye’s outcry that the police planned to arrest and inject him with poisonous substance.

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“The PDP hopes that opposition figures such as Senator Melaye will not suddenly become victims of ‘accidental discharge’, unexplained assassinations or mysterious motor accidents as move on to the general elections,” the party said.

Legit.ng earlier reported that the police allegedly cut off power supply to Melaye's residence.

The power supply to the lawmaker's house was cut off by the security operatives who have been keeping vigil at the house.

It was also reported that Senator Dino Melaye promised to make himself available to the police next week.

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