APC Thugs Killed My Nephew – Dino Melaye

Posted by: Folamidavid in Politics, News Nov 18, 2019

Candidate at the rerun senatorial election in Kogi state, Dino Melaye has said it was APC thugs that murdered his nephew during the election.

The politician announced the death of his nephew, Olorunjuwon after sustaining gunshot wounds at his polling unit on Saturday.

According to him, his dead nephew, Olorunjuwon was shot at his polling unit yesterday but died Sunday morning.

His words on Twitter, “My nephew Olorunjuwon who was shot at my pooling unit yesterday died this morning. My brother your death is a Supreme sacrifice in the struggle for the liberation of our people. Rest in peace aburo… So sad.”

“My nephew Juwon good night. A boy who never knew his mum did not have the luxury of being breastfed. Yet God took care of him. Now APC thugs killed him. Avenge your death brother.”

WOW.

Dino Melaye is a Nigerian politician, a Senator and member of the 9th National Assembly, representing Kogi West Senatorial district. Dino is a member of the People’s Democratic Party. He is currently the Chairman Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.

Daniel Dino Melaye was born in Kano State, Nigeria. He attended command and Air-force Secondary School, Kaduna for his secondary school education. He graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he studied geography in 2000. He led the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and later became the Secretary General of African Youth Council and then that of the Commonwealth Youth Council.[citation needed] He was appointed by President Olusegun Obasanjo to chair the Presidential Advisory Council on Youths.

Dino Melaye was a member of the House of Representatives representing Kabba/Ijumu federal constituency. In the 2015 Senatorial election he was elected a member of the Senate of Nigeria from the Kogi-West.

Dino Melaye has also declared his intention to contest for the Kogi State gubernatorial election which would be held within the last quarter of 2019. On the 3rd of September, 2019, Senator Dino Melaye lost his gubernatorial ambition in a keenly contested primary election were he came third with a total of 70 votes behind Engr. Musa Wada who won with 748 votes.

Melaye was involved in various certificates scandals in 2017 including his claim to have obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography from Ahmadu Bello University and a degree from the Boston-based Ivy League Harvard University in the United States. Most of his claims have as yet not been verified. Melaye insists on the truth of his claims. However, his colleague and former majority leader of his party (APC) Sen. Ali Ndume called for the senate to probe Melaye’s claims. Melaye claims not only did he graduate legitimately from ABU Zaria, but also, he has successfully earned seven degrees from various institutions around the world, among them are Harvard University, Kennedy School for Educational Leadership and London School of Economics and Political Science; a claim that was since refuted by both institutions, with Harvard claiming Mr. Melaye only presented himself for a week long professional development course in late 2016. While LSE claimed there’s no evidence on its database that Mr. Melaye ever Obtained any degree there.