APC Calls for Dino Melaye’s Arrest Over Cybercrime

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State is urging security agencies to promptly arrest Senator Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in Saturday’s Governorship election.

The call comes in response to Melaye’s alleged confession to cybercrime on a live television program specifically claiming access to the back-end server of the Independent National  Electoral Commission (INEC).

The Kogi APC Governorship Campaign Council said that Dino Melaye’s claim on national TV, stating he had access to the back-end server of the INEC, despite his defeat at the polls, was akin to “walking into the prison yard and demanding to be locked up.”

The Director, Media, and publicity/spokesman of the Campaign Council, Kingsley Fanwo, who spoke at a “Thank You Press Conference” in Lokoja, the state capital, on Tuesday, said security agencies had no tedious job to do “on a suspect who confesses to a crime.”

“Dino Melaye has openly confessed that he hacked into the back-end of the Independent National Electoral Commission. He should be arrested and prosecuted for cybercrime,” Fanwo said.

He vehemently condemned the former Senator for stating that the INEC Chairman’s children should be ashamed, deeming it inappropriate, unethical, and morally wrong.

“Are Dino Melaye’s children proud of his shameless physical combats on the floor of the National Assembly? Are his children proud of the fact that their mother leveled allegations of physical injuries against their father? Are Dino’s children proud of him?

“Dino Melaye was never in the race for the Governorship. The perennial contestant was in it for business and we do not see his allegations as anything more than the ranting of a thoroughly rejected political jobber.

“We can’t beat a child and expect him not to cry. But we will be magnanimous in victory. Someone who claimed to have boycotted an election is here complaining about the conduct. He was not even at his Polling Unit to vote. How he got over 40,000 votes should be probed,” the party stated.

“We call on our members to celebrate with moderation. We are one people and we must remain united as a people. The results of the election have shown that it is our party alone that believes in the unity of our dear state. We won the election and also the battle against those who wanted to drag our state to the dark ages of ethnic division. Kogites, this victory is yours and it will herald fresh air of consolidation and continuity,” it added.

The APC thanked the people of Kogi State for strongly backing Usman Ododo. They said the big win strengthened the bond between the All Progressives Congress and the people of Kogi State.

“It has also upscaled the onus of responsibility on us to continue to provide first-class schools, health institutions, road infrastructure, and many others that the current administration in the state has been doing over the past 7 years and 9 months,” it said.

Kanyi Daily recalls that Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, had criticized Dino Melaye, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the recently concluded Kogi State Gubernatorial Election.