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The Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC, has called on the Code of Conduct Bureau to begin the prosecution of Senator Dino Melaye.
The body urged the CCB to act on an earlier petition over Melaye's ownership of a foreign bank account.
CSNAC Chairman Olanrewaju Suraju, in a statement said:
“In our petition dated 7th December, 2017 we called the attention of your office to a report of 6th of December, 2015, by an online newspaper, SaharaReporters revealing that Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial District has since 2010 illegally operated bank accounts in the United States of America.
“According to the report, Mr. Melaye opened two accounts, one a current and the other a savings account in the name of Daniel ‘Din’ Melaye, posing as a student.
“The report further stated that by leaving the impression of himself as a student, Senator Melaye was able to open a ‘Campus Edge’ current account with account number 4460 1649 8396 and a regular savings account with account number with 4460 1647 5966 with Bank of America in the state of Maryland.
“He obtained a bank debit card with account number ending with 8873. One of his last transactions on the account took place on the 4th December, 2015, the same day he addressed his colleagues at the floor of the Senate, on a proposed retrogressive, repressive, anti-free speech and anti-democracy bill on social media and public petition censorship.
This is against Nigeria's law, Suraju said, adding that Melaye’s actions "are gross contravention of the Code of Conduct for public officers by virtue of the above mentioned constitutional provision.
He then called on the body to begin prosecution proceedings of the senator.
The body urged the CCB to act on an earlier petition over Melaye's ownership of a foreign bank account.
CSNAC Chairman Olanrewaju Suraju, in a statement said:
“In our petition dated 7th December, 2017 we called the attention of your office to a report of 6th of December, 2015, by an online newspaper, SaharaReporters revealing that Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial District has since 2010 illegally operated bank accounts in the United States of America.
“According to the report, Mr. Melaye opened two accounts, one a current and the other a savings account in the name of Daniel ‘Din’ Melaye, posing as a student.
“The report further stated that by leaving the impression of himself as a student, Senator Melaye was able to open a ‘Campus Edge’ current account with account number 4460 1649 8396 and a regular savings account with account number with 4460 1647 5966 with Bank of America in the state of Maryland.
“He obtained a bank debit card with account number ending with 8873. One of his last transactions on the account took place on the 4th December, 2015, the same day he addressed his colleagues at the floor of the Senate, on a proposed retrogressive, repressive, anti-free speech and anti-democracy bill on social media and public petition censorship.
This is against Nigeria's law, Suraju said, adding that Melaye’s actions "are gross contravention of the Code of Conduct for public officers by virtue of the above mentioned constitutional provision.
He then called on the body to begin prosecution proceedings of the senator.
