An end to the Police siege laid at the Abuja residence of Senator Dino Melaye is far from being over.

Mr Melaye had his Mississippi home under siege on Friday by men of the Nigeria Police.

The police said the lawmaker is wanted for alleged homicide he committed in July and has been keeping vigil and employing all tactics at its disposal to get Melaye who has severally maintained that he is not in the building.

The Kogi lawmaker has promised to present himself to the police when he returns to Abuja this week but the police is not buying into the idea.

They maintain that the lawmaker was hiding in the building and has said they have an arrest warrant to pick up the accused.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Police, in a statement from its spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, said the siege at the Melaye’s residence will not be lifted until he present himself.

“We will not retreat until Sen. Dino Melaye surrenders himself for arrest and investigation,” Mr Moshood reportedly said.

Several colleagues of the lawmaker has called on the police to lift the siege while urging the lawmaker to report himself at the force headquarters alongside his legal team.

Melaye is a staunch critics of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. He is also at loggerheads with his state governor, Yahaya Bello.

Source: https://politicstimesng.com/will-not-leave-residence-surrender-police-melaye/

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