Chairman of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Kogi State Chapter, Toufiq Isah, has put to lie, claim by Senator Dino Melaye that he was attacked by unknown assassins, saying that the Senator simply “stage-managed” the attack in order to cause unnecessary tension.
Toufiq Isah, who is also the Administrator of Ijimu Local Government Area, said that he only heard that Dino entered Ayetoro with policemen who were shooting guns sporadically to scare people, and wondered why the Senator would turn round to claim that he was attacked.
The ALGON chairman told news men at Okoro – Gbede in Ijimu that as chief security officer of the Council, it was his responsibility to protect the lives and property of the people, adding that “if Dino cannot improve on the living standard of the people of Ijimu, he should allow them to have peace instead of causing unnecessary distraction.”
Senator Melaye was reportedly attacked by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Saturday at his residence in Ayetoro-Gbede, Ijumu local government area of the state. The assailants were said to have invaded the house few minutes past midnight and shot sporadically into the building.
Senator Melaye himself told newsmen that two of the vehicles parked within the premises, a security van and caravan bus were damaged and part of the building was also destroyed.
He confirmed that the gunmen shot for more than one hour with little breaks in between even as he fingered the Chairman of the Local Government Taofiq Isa as the person behind the attack. [myad]
