The police in Abuja on Wednesday arrested the Executive Director, Anti-Corruption Network, Dino Melaye, after the former House of Representatives member led pro-democracy activists on a protest, calling for the removal of the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, over the armoured car scandal.

The minister has recently come under fire for allegedly ordering the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to buy her two bullet-proof BMW cars, worth $1.6m (about N255m).

The protest, which held at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, around 11am, was not without drama as some groups also staged a counter-protest, to drum up support for the embattled minister.

While the police averted an impending clash between the two groups, the security operatives, led by an Assistant Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Sunday Olukoya, allowed the pro-Oduah protesters to leave, but stopped the bus conveying Melaye supporters, declaring that they are under arrest.

Melaye, however, protested, asking the police the rationale behind the arrest of the protesters and offering to be arrested in their place.

The former lawmaker said, “When the police pension fund was stolen, we protested on behalf of the police; we were not arrested. When we protested against the theft of fuel subsidy fund, we were not arrested.

“Now that we are protesting the theft of the nation’s money by the action of the minister, who used Nigeria’s money to buy armoured cars in the midst of lack, we are under arrest. The money was not budgeted for, not appropriated.

“The protest affects everybody; the police are also affected because they are taxpayers. I’m also a taxpayer.”

Melaye and others were later arrested by the police and whisked away in a Toyota Hilux van, marked NPS 21280 at about 1pm.

http://www.punchng.com/news/police-arrest-melaye-others-after-oduah-must-go-protest/

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Hmmmmm... Thank GOD there was no clash with the pro-Oduah protesters. Patiently waiting for the disintegration of this junkyard called Nigeria though.

Good for the clown!

Dino and Wahala Sha!!!!

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Is Melaye and his fellow travelers not seeing the rot in Lagos State concessionary agreement as recently exposed? Why is he and other so-called SW activist engaging in conspiracy of silence on that, but find it easy to campaign against a very hard-working member of the FEC, the most effective Aviation Minister in the past 2 decades. Is is because Fashola and Tinubu are untouchabe, while Stella is an easy prey?

Well, we have good news for you, Oduah Stella will not be hounded out of office by clowns and womanisers such as Dinosour Melaye.

#Stella Stays!

Stella remains the best minister of aviation in the last 20yrs.
She must stay. The gang up against her will fail.

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Good for him.


They can't stop amusing me.

How many protest has he been able to stage, on the on-going broad day fraud being practice by Fashola and his ally LCC, in the name of Lekki Toll?

Who does he and his clique think they would deceive.

He should listen and listen well, Enugu International Airport has come to stay.






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PointB: Is Melaye and his fellow travelers not seeing the rot in Lagos State concessionary agreement as recently exposed? Why is he and other so-called SW activist engaging in conspiracy of silence on that, but find it easy to campaign against a very hard-working member of the FEC, the most effective Aviation Minister in the past 2 decades. Is is because Fashola and Tinubu are untouchabe, while Stella is an easy prey?

Well, we have good news for you, Oduah Stella will not be hounded out of office by clowns and womanisers such as Dinosour Melaye.

#Stella Stays!

mr man, free all tribal sentiments!

The stella Oduah issue is a national issue, dino melaye was a member of the house of representatives. Why just trying to drag melaye into the state's issue he is less concerned with other than living there?

Best aviation minister indeed!

Okunrin meta. Wajiya watun jeweya

geefasee: Okunrin meta. Wajiya watun jeweya

LOL!!

I tink its high tym we fight our cours....dino am behind u

PointB: Is Melaye and his fellow travelers not seeing the rot in Lagos State concessionary agreement as recently exposed? Why is he and other so-called SW activist engaging in conspiracy of silence on that, but find it easy to campaign against a very hard-working member of the FEC, the most effective Aviation Minister in the past 2 decades. Is is because Fashola and Tinubu are untouchabe, while Stella is an easy prey?

Well, we have good news for you, Oduah Stella will not be hounded out of office by clowns and womanisers such as Dinosour Melaye.

#Stella Stays!

Mo'R'on. . Where were you when Adenike Grange, Iyabo Obj, Patricia Etteh were pushed out of office for involving in corrupt practices ?
You can whine as you like but the simple truth is that Oduah is just a regular thief like any other politician !

The Princess must stay.
The likes of Melaye can rot in c(h)ell for all i care.
Good riddance.

PointB: Is Melaye and his fellow travelers not seeing the rot in Lagos State concessionary agreement as recently exposed? Why is he and other so-called SW activist engaging in conspiracy of silence on that, but find it easy to campaign against a very hard-working member of the FEC, the most effective Aviation Minister in the past 2 decades. Is is because Fashola and Tinubu are untouchabe, while Stella is an easy prey?

Well, we have good news for you, Oduah Stella will not be hounded out of office by clowns and womanisers such as Dinosour Melaye.

#Stella Stays!

People like you should know that nothing is permanent, like it or not power will definitely move back to the north someday and if we continue like this they will also loot with reckless abandon. I hope when it's the turn of other tribes to loot you and your fellow tribal bigots won't come here to whinge about corruption and marginalisation. Every posts you guys made will be a reference point in the future and there will be no hiding place.

PointB: Is Melaye and his fellow travelers not seeing the rot in Lagos State concessionary agreement as recently exposed? Why is he and other so-called SW activist engaging in conspiracy of silence on that, but find it easy to campaign against a very hard-working member of the FEC, the most effective Aviation Minister in the past 2 decades. Is is because Fashola and Tinubu are untouchabe, while Stella is an easy prey?

Well, we have good news for you, Oduah Stella will not be hounded out of office by clowns and womanisers such as Dinosour Melaye.

#Stella Stays!

I pity dis country...., but I hate people dat use religion, tribe n region to justifiy there evil n ungodly act. Those dat always says leave my tribe alone oooo, its our town to chop n co. It will never auguor well with dis country with all ur attitude.

Just saying....He who have ears shd hear!!!!!.

Let this bloody hypocrite called Melaye go to one corner, what moral right does he have to criticize this woman, is he better? he that is in the business of impregnating women up and down, then turn around and deny it, oh pulease

Tolexander: mr man, free all tribal sentiments!

The stella Oduah issue is a national issue, dino melaye was a member of the house of representatives. Why just trying to drag melaye into the state's issue he is less concerned with other than living there?

Best aviation minister indeed!

What kind of member was he?

Dino is nothing but a national embarrassment, people like him should be seen/heard less often; he should quit his ghana-must-go activist.

Malaye is a bigot! He should first of all show us what he did with his constituency allowance when he was in the house.
#big theif threatening small theif#

shaqoloye:

I pity dis country...., but I hate people dat use religion, tribe n region to justifiy there evil n ungodly act. Those dat always says leave my tribe alone oooo, its our town to chop n co. It will never auguor well with dis country with all ur attitude.

Just saying....He who have ears shd hear!!!!!.

Which country? The one two tribes have bastardized over time, enthroning incompetence and corruption?
It indeed has never augur well with this country and it wont, when hardworking people like Barth Nnaji, etc are hounded out of office due to campaign of calumny such as this one orchestrated by the aviation cabal against Stella Odua.

Yes, with your attitude and that of the rest of your folks this nation has stagnated since the civil war. It's time to make or mar it completely. It is not about chopping, it is about improving. So far Stella has performed above average, and we patriotic citizens of the country will not stand aside, and watch you people, due to your envy, and pettiness, and downright hatred undermine the good work she is doing. So,

#Stella Stays

Tolexander: mr man, free all tribal sentiments!

The stella Oduah issue is a national issue, dino melaye was a member of the house of representatives. Why just trying to drag melaye into the state's issue he is less concerned with other than living there?

Best aviation minister indeed!

If anybody should tell us about corruption in Nigeria it must never be malaye of all people.
He is part and parcel of decay in our system
"He who comes into equity must come with clean hands."

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Mo'R'on. . Where were you when Adenike Grange, Iyabo Obj, Patricia Etteh were pushed out of office for involving in corrupt practices ?
You can whine as you like but the simple truth is that Oduah is just a regular thief like any other politician !

She wasn't a regular thief until she modernize Enugu to International airport
"He who comes into equity must come with clean hands."
Malaye is not the one to point finger

emmalexabl: Is melaye not the thief, who was alleged to have embezzeled pension money..
abi na another melaye be this one ??

The same Dino who has been sharing the deadly STI - Syphilis, like pure water to any unsuspecting woman he come across, despite the fact that he is married with children. Yes, it's the same fvctard!

all anti stellas mst be arrested bcuz they ar allergic to development n progress in d aviation industry

shaqoloye:

I pity dis country...., but I hate people dat use religion, tribe n region to justifiy there evil n ungodly act. Those dat always says leave my tribe alone oooo, its our town to chop n co. It will never auguor well with dis country with all ur attitude.

Just saying....He who have ears shd hear!!!!!.

Hypocrisy!

funnyx:

People like you should know that nothing is permanent, like it or not power will definitely move back to the north someday and if we continue like this they will also loot with reckless abandon. I hope when it's the turn of other tribes to loot you and your fellow tribal bigots won't come here to whinge about corruption and marginalisation. Every posts you guys made will be a reference point in the future and there will be no hiding place.

Lol,

I guess you should be sounding that message to Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani who bastardised this country, with looting, corruption, and incompetence when no one was looking. Power is transient, and some of your messed in the Aviation Sector is being cleaned up now. Stop whining and suck it up! The clean up exersise must go on. Hopefully, all the chop-chop centers set-up in all these ministries will be dismantled so that whoever get there next will simply follow due process. Stella is fighting the cabal, that's why there is a gang up against her.