Senator representing Bayelsa East district, Ben Bruce, has urged the police to invite a third party to ascertain the true state of Senator Dino Melaye’s health instead of assuming that the senator was faking being sick.

According to Bruce, the police were being a judge in their own cause by simply alleging that the Kogi West senator was faking his ailment, instead of calling an objective third party to examine the suspect.


Melaye was arrested last Friday after he willingly surrendered to police after an 8-day siege on his residence in Abuja.

The Senator reportedly collapsed on the floor upon unlocking the door of his house to meet police.


Police had taken the lawmaker to a police clinic and informed Nigerians via tweet on their Twitter handle, that Melaye, was stable and that nothing was wrong with his health.

Ben Bruce, however, reacted by tweeting that the police should do an objective examination on Melaye’s health rather than assume he was faking it

He wrote: “Rather than the police being the judge and jury in their own case with Dino Melaye, why don’t we get an objective third party medical examiner to examine Dino to determine whether he is really ill or faking as the Police allege?”

Being albinic isn't a permission to be myopic.
Senator is being amnesic because it is comfortable to be so.
If he want having selective memory recall, he would've remember the last time Dino pretend to be sick he strutted to the Chamber the next day with neck collar and was jumping about the Senate.

We know the theatrics of this man. It is a ard he dealt us before. And he will do it again because he knows he fellow thugs will rise to defend him. Senators my foot.

its amazing that our lawmakers dont even know the content of the law especially the "Police act and regulation", as regard suspect of a capital offense.

Rather than approach a Court for redress, they jump unto social media to cajole their dunce supporters

I stand wt Bruce Lee on this one, NPF is d must untrustworthy organization I have ever seen especially now that the IG have bn made the leader of the armed faction of the APC, I think it's necessary that dino is examined by a third party health professional so we can have a reliable report....

God bless Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the true hero of democracy...