Rights group urges EFCC to probe Senator Melaye’s bribery tape scandal



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A rights institution, Civil Society community in opposition to Corruption (CSNAC) has entreated the monetary and economic Crimes fee (EFCC) to urgently probe Senator Dino Melaye’s alleged involvement in bribery.

a web news portal, had on Tuesday released an audio clip in which a choose, dealing with an election petition among Melaye and Senator smart Adeyemi of the Peoples Democratic birthday party, changed into said to have requested for a bribe in dollars from Melaye.

Following this event, CSNAC in a petition to the anti-graft corporation, said the lawmaker representing Kogi -West senatorial district and the choose, Justice Akoh Ikpeme, need to be investigated for their purported role in the audio tape.

The petition by means of the institution became signed with the aid of its chairman , Mr. Olanrewaju Suraju.

“inside the recordings which capture the phone communication between Justice (Mrs .) Akoh and Mr. Melaye , at  unique times, the decide is overheard asking Mr. Melaye to provide her a bribe in US
greenbacks.

“She additionally sought Mr. Melaye’s assistance for a person he repeatedly known as her ‘daughter’ to comfortable a activity at the go River kingdom Ministry of health, with the senator reassuringly bragging that
he had already spoken to Governor Ben Ayade.

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