Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has petitioned the United Nations, the United States Government, the United Kingdom and the United Nations over alleged threat to life. The Senator in a separate petition also copied to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris claimed that there was an ongoing plot to murder him extra-judicially by his political enemies who he claimed were working in collusion with the Kogi state Police Command.
The petition that was signed by Messrs Ricky Tarfa and Co on behalf of the Senator was also copied to Amnesty International, Transparency International and Human Rights Watch.
The lawmaker in the petition called for the intervention of the members of the International Community and global human rights bodies to save him from the “willful, intentional harassment, oppression, political victimisation and threat to life.”
“As things stand, I live each day in constant and reasonable fear for my life, looking over my shoulders and being harassed by the named politicians. The police are hand in glove with these politicians.
“I am a law-abiding citizen who voluntarily submitted myself before the FCT High Court to answer charges which I know are unsustainable.
“However, the situation I am in right now gives me a reason to believe that the law enforcement agencies, particularly the police, are in cohorts with my political enemies and can even go to the extent of terminating my life extrajudicially.
“I therefore seek your intervention in the circumstances to ensure that my fundamental human rights which both Nigeria and your countries are party to are guaranteed and my life protected.”
