{"id":74078,"date":"2018-12-29T21:29:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T20:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=74078"},"modified":"2018-12-29T21:29:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T20:29:49","slug":"police-cut-power-supply-to-dino-melayes-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=74078","title":{"rendered":"Police Cut Power Supply To Dino Melaye&#8217;s House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Police-Cut-Power-Supply-To-Dino-Melayes-House.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"container container-pod container-pod-short\"><span class=\"adunit-parent hide block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the hide-and-seek game between Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi Central District in the National Assembly, and the Nigerian Police Force continues at his residence in Abuja, SaharaReporters can authoritatively report that the power supply to the lawmaker&#8217;s house has been cut off by the security operatives, who have been keeping vigil at the house.<\/p>\n<p>The Police had invaded Melaye&#8217;s house on Friday, over allegations he was culpable in the shooting of a police officer in July 2018.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ds-1col block-story-object block-story-object-link block-story-object-link-story\" about=\"\/2018\/12\/28\/just-melaye-refuses-come-out-police-invade-his-house-abuja\" typeof=\"sioc:Item foaf:Document\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-content-body\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"node node-story node-promoted node-sticky taxonomy-police view-mode-embedded_link block-module block-module-small block-module-story\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-module-image block-module-image-scale-to-fit\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-background-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1546104120_163_Police-Cut-Power-Supply-To-Dino-Melayes-House.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Police had also insisted that its officers would wait at the house until the lawmaker surrenders himself.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ds-1col block-story-object block-story-object-link block-story-object-link-story\" about=\"\/2018\/12\/28\/well-continue-waiting-melayes-house-until-he-surrenders-himself-say-police\" typeof=\"sioc:Item foaf:Document\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-content-body\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"node node-story node-promoted node-sticky taxonomy-crime view-mode-embedded_link block-module block-module-small block-module-story\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-module-image block-module-image-scale-to-fit\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-background-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1546104120_928_Police-Cut-Power-Supply-To-Dino-Melayes-House.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to a source, policemen have disconnected the building from the national grid with the view to rendering the home inhabitable.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the incident via phone call on Friday, the lawmaker had said he would not be intimidated by the pressure and promised to honour the Police invitation as soon as he arrives 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