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Friday, June 2, 2017

ALLEGATION ON HOW DINO MALAYE BRIBED ELECTION PETITION JUDGE TO MAKE HIM SENATOR

Sen. Dino Malaye
A group, Civil Society Network Against Corruption , has written a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission demanding the investigation of the lawmaker representing Kogi- West senatorial district , Senator Dino Melaye , and Justice Akoh Ikpeme .

An online news medium , Sahara Reporters , had on Tuesday released an audio clip in which the judge , who was handling an election petition involving Melaye and Senator Smart Adeyemi of the Peoples Democratic Party , allegedly demanded a bribe from Melaye in dollars .

In a petition signed by its chairman , Mr . Olanrewaju Suraju , the group , on Thursday , urged the commission to urgently commence a high - powered investigation by a team of forensic experts into the allegation .

The petition read in part, “ In the recordings which capture the telephone conversation between Justice (Mrs. ) Akoh and Mr . Melaye , at two different times , the judge is overheard asking Mr . Melaye to give her a bribe in US dollars .

“ She also sought Mr . Melaye ’ s assistance for a person he repeatedly referred to as her ‘ daughter’ to secure a job at the Cross River State Ministry of Health , with the senator reassuringly bragging that he had already spoken to Governor Ben Ayade.

“ It is worth noting that sometime in 2016 , Justice Ikpeme dismissed a petition by Smart Adeyemi , Mr . Melaye ’ s opponent at the 2015 Kogi -West senatorial district election — in accordance with the plot of reaffirming the alleged electoral infractions associated with the emergence of Mr . Melaye . ”

The coalition stated that in view of the gravity of the allegations , the EFCC must urgently commence a high -powered investigation by a team of forensic experts into the allegations .

The CSNAC said the fight against corruption would remain deficient in the face of unbridled electoral fraud and manipulation if nothing was done .

Efforts to get Melaye ’ s reaction did not succeed . Several calls made to Melaye ’ s phone to react to the publication were not picked. One of our correspondents also sent a text and WhatsApp message to the lawmaker to either confirm or deny the tapes but he did not reply any of them.

Voice recording fake — Dino Melaye had, however , denied bribing the judge , adding that the voice recording was fake .

The lawmaker had, in a message on his official Twitter handle , said Sahara Reporters was fabricating lies against him because he had sued the medium and the case was about to come up for mention in court .

He said , “ Sahara Reporters and ‘ awada kerikeri’; using voice - over to malign me because my case with them comes up in few days ’ time , June 5 , 2017 . ”

Senate keeps mum on Melaye’s alleged judge - bribing scandal
Meanwhile , the Senate has kept mum on the judge - bribing scandal.

Chairman , Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs , Senator Aliyu
Abdullahi , could not be reached for comments on the matter . He did not pick several calls made to his telephone lines between Wednesday and Thursday .

Asking not to be quoted , a senator told one of our correspondents that there was no way the Senate would be involved in the matter as it was ‘ personal ’ . He recalled that involving the Senate in such a matter led to the suspension of a former Majority Leader , Senator Ali Ndume ( Borno -South ).

The Senate had suspended Ndume for calling on the Senate to probe an allegation made in a report by Sahara Reporters that Melaye did not graduate from the Ahmadu Bello University . The lawmakers had referred the matter to a panel, which exonerated Melaye and recommended Ndume ’ s suspension .

The source said, “ How do you expect anybody to raise such a matter in the Senate ? That means no lessons have been learnt from what happened to Senator Ndume . It is a personal issue . 

In fact , it a mere allegation and it does not mean it is a fact . The Senate should be involved in more important national issues and not this one . ”
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