Senator Dino Melaye who was arrested this morning at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by officials of Nigerian Immigration Service has been released. Recall that officials of NIS had earlier confirmed his arrest, adding that it acted 'based on instruction'. The statement however failed to mention the official that authorized his arrest.
His released has been confirmed by Kaduna Senator, Shehu Sani. He simply tweeted "Dino is back home".
Dino who was travelling to Morocco on an official assignment was arrested this morning. He announced his arrest and detention via his social media account including Facebook and Twitter. Dino had tweeted
“Myself 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 depart tomorrow.
“I 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 can’t travel; that I am on their watch list. And I said it was not true, that the INTERPOL said they had not issued an alert on me. I opened INTERPOL’s website and showed them the denial. But they insisted that it was based on the directive from the police.
“I was disembarked and they 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! I’m still here with them. They circled me and said they were waiting for further instructions from the police.”
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