They snatched my passport, I snatched it back, Melaye speaks on arrest
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Lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, has given more insights into his arrest and detention at the Nnamdi AzikiweĀ International Airport when contacted by our correspondent on the telephone.
Why we arrested Dino Melaye ā NIS
He said, āāMy self and the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and others were to be on an official trip to Morocco but while some have gone through the Lagos airport today, others are to departĀ tomorrow.
āI got to this airport I was checked in and was already in the lounge waiting for departure. Immigration officers invited me that there is a directive from the police that I canāt travel; that I am on their watch list. And I said it was not true, that the INTERPOL said they had not issueĀ an alert on me. I opened INTERPOLās website and showed them the denial. But they insisted that it was based on the directive from the police.
āI was disembarked and asked me to go to their office (at the airport). They snatched my passport but I snatched my thing back from them. I got it back! Iām still here with them. They circled me and said they were waiting for further instructions from the police.ā
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