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Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West under the All Progressives Congress (APC), is in another media scandal over allegations of offering a bribe to a federal judge.
An audio published by news website, Sahara Reporters, on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 appears to contain exchanges between Senator Melaye and the judge, Akon Ikpeme, as they duo discussed the bribe money.
Mrs. Ikpeme was the head of the Kogi State National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, which handled a case brought by Smart Adeyemi, a former senator, against Mr. Melaye’s election in 2015.
In the clip, a male voice believed to be Mr. Melaye’s, could be heard assuring a female speaker, supposedly the judge, of his readiness to pay some money, which the female speaker emphasised should be in “in USD (United States dollars).”
The exchange went as follows:
Judge: I wanted to tell you that whatever you want to do, make it in USD
Dino: Of course, of course, of course, of course, of course, no problem madam, no problem.