Scores
of armed police officers sealed off a Nicon Luxury hotel conference room in the
early hours of November 12, 2013, Tuesday, where an anti-corruption conference
was planned.
The anti-corruption
conference was planned by an organization promoted by former House of
Representatives member turned anti-corruption campaigner, Dino Melaye.
The police, including
anti-terrorism squads, carried out the seal-off of only the conference room the
anti-corruption campaigners rented for the conference.
It is still unclear
why the conference room was sealed. The police authority responsible for Abuja,
the FCT Command, denied ordering the operation.
“I am not aware of
it,” the spokesperson of the command, Altine Daniel, said.
The spokesperson of
the Nigeria Police headquarters, Frank Mba, is yet to respond to journalists’
inquiries.
However, Dino Melaye
believes the seal-off was ordered by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed
Abubakar.
“The hotel management
said the police officers brought an order from the IG,” he said.
“We will never give
up, the conference must go on.
“We already know that
when you fight corruption, corruption fights back,” Mr. Melaye said.
It would be recalled
that the former lawmaker had a recurring battle with the police over
anti-corruption protests including that organised to demand the removal and
prosecution of Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, over the N255 million armoured
car scandal. Mr. Melaye was briefly arrested,
during the protest and released some time later.
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