An anti-corruption coalition, – Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately invite and investigate the Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, over what it termed his excessively flamboyant and opulent lifestyle.
In a petition sent to the anti-graft commission and signed by CSNAC’s chairman, Mr. Olanrewaju Suraju, the group said the EFCC should invoke its powers under Section 6(h) of the Act that sets it up “and probe the embarrassing display of opulence by Melaye.”
The petition reads: “In its report of July 31st 2015, Saharareporters, an online newspaper, reported that Senator Dino Melaye purchased a home in Abuja estimated at a whopping 1.3 billion Naira (6.5 million US dollars). The said property which is located at 11 Sangha Street, off Mississippi Street, in the Maitama upscale neighbourhood of the city, boasts leafy trees, ornate Roman-style columns, and decadent chandeliers hanging from its high ceilings. According to the report, the property is currently undergoing some renovations with an indoor swimming pool.”
CSNAC said the report further reiterated its earlier report of Senator Melaye’s gloating on social media about his wealth and luxury toys, which included imported sports cars, a Harley Davidson motorcycle, and even novelty champagne branded with his face on the bottle. It also recalled that Melaye had previously told SaharaTV that he made N1.4m from his first month of holding public office.
According to the petition, when asked by a SaharaReporters correspondent about his source of money for the payment of his luxurious house, the only response offered was, “I am a distinguished member of the Federal Government.” It recalled that when further prodded by the correspondent that his assets were a matter of public interest, the question was ignored.
CSNAC said: “This is also coupled with the fact that Senator Melaye’s consistent presence on the entourage of Toyin Saraki (wife of Senate President, Bukola Saraki) as she faced corruption investigations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has continued to arouse the curiosity of right thinking Nigerians. (News Express)
To unearth Dino’s Meteoric rise to wealth and affluence, all the EFCC need do is just determine who Dino was during Obasanjo’s era. To start with, Dino was shacking with a friend in a boy’s quarter in a place very close to Aso Rock. Some three years later he surfaced in the LOWER CHAMBER where he boxed his way through his term claiming to be the ‘voice of the voiceless’.
Dino left the House into the wilderness like the Biblical Moses. Upon resurfacing, this time in the corner of the Godfather, GAMBINO BUKOLA SARAKI!\
When EFCC came calling Ms.Saraki, Dino was on hand to escort her to EFCC camp and back with no dent or scratch.
Like a ‘capo’Dino has proved his mettle to the Gofather and is worthy of some largesse..Dino’s subsequent METEORIC RISE to RICHES and AFFLUENCE. It’s now time for Dino to live his childhood fantasy and like a little schoolboy in a TOY SHOP, Dino started to grab, grab and, continue to grab. Long as he is at the becks and calls of the Godfather, GAMBINO BUKOLA SARAKI, Melaye is covered and the EFCC better head somewhere else. Long as Gambino Bukola Saraki is beating the rap at the TRIBUNAL, I swear by everyhing I know, DINO MELAYE will be just FINE!!!