The lawmaker representing Kogi Senatorial district, Dino Melaye, has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Abuja.
According to fellow senator, Ben Murray Bruce, Melaye was abducted after unknown gunmen in a Sienna vehicle blocked his car at the Gwagwalada area of Abuja on Thursday morning.
I have just been informed by Moses Melaye, @dino_melaye’s brother, that Dino has been abducted by unknown persons in a Toyota Sienna that blocked their car and overpowered them on their way to Kogi to answer to Dino’s court case. Lets be on the watch out. Will keep you updated.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) July 26, 2018
Melaye was reportedly on his way to Lokoja, the Kogi state capital, where scheduled to appear at the magistrate court in Lokoja when the incident occurred.
The controversial lawmaker recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party.
The lawmaker’s whereabouts are reportedly unknown at the moment.
