Dino Melaye stole TV as student association president - Sahara Reporters
- The battle between Senator Dino Melaye and Sahara Reporters is still on
- The senator representing Kogi west senatorial district is enmeshed in a certificate controversy
- He has since dragged the online medium to court
Sahara Reporters has claimed that Senator Dino Melaye was impeached as the president of National Association of Geography Students in Ahmadu Bello University because he stole their brand new television set.
In a tweet on Thursday, March 23, the onine medium quoted unnamed classmates of the senator as its source for the information.
Melaye, 43, has been embroiled in certificate scandal since Sahara Reporters published a report that the senator never graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he attended his first degree course.
Already, the Nigerian Senate's ethics and privileges committee is investigating the issue after it was brought up by Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) brought up the issue during plenary.
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Earlier today, Legit.ng reported that Senator Melaye dragged the online medium to the Federal High Court, Abuja instituting a N5 billion libel suit.
He accused Sahara Reporters of defamation of character, wrongful accusation, among other charges.
Meanwhile, Senator Melaye has shared a picture of himself during his National Youth Service Corps in Kaduna state as proof that he graduated from school.
In a related development, ABU has made a u-turn concerning the disclosure of Senator Melaye’s academic result and to clear the air on whether he graduated from the school on not.
The university had promised to disclose the true academic qualification of the Kogi state senator.
Source: Legit.ng
