The arrest and parade of suspects allegedly connected with the assassination attempt made senator on Dino Melaye is getting it’s first reaction from Kogi State government.
The chairman of Ijumu local government Alhaji Taofiq Isah, was paraded as the prime suspect as being fingered as mastermind of the assassination plot.
The state government reacting through Kingsley Fanwo, the Director General of Media and Publicity for Governor Yahaya Bello says “The Kogi State Government has been aware of the arrest and detention of the Ijumu Local Government Administrator and others in connection with the case for about six days now. My Administration refrained from involvement in the case in order to allow the Police conduct her investigations without interference.
However, we are taken aback by the accompanying statement of the Police during the parading which appear to indicate that there is now evidence to show that there was a real assassination attempt on Senator Dino Melaye, and that Alhaji Isah is somehow complicit in it.”
Famwo says the Kogi State Government under Governor Yahaya Bello has bound itself to zero tolerance for corruption, violent politics and all forms of criminality. Indeed, the Administration has spent a huge chunk of her resources and nearly all her time since assuming Office fighting crimes and criminals to a standstill.
The statement however boldly assert that all avenues will be employed in seeing that the sole administrator proves his innocence.
“Accordingly, we shall wait for next actions by the Police in this matter and will be watching to make sure the Police adheres strictly to the rule of law at all stages. We shall ensure that the embattled Administrator is afforded every facility to prove his innocence of these serious allegations and return home to his family and his duties. However, we make it crystal clear that swift retribution will fall on anyone proven to have planned or participated in any attempt on the life of anyone within the boundaries of Kogi State. There will be no sacred cows.”
