The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, has denied being part of the lawmakers that booed President Muhammadu Buhari, during the 2019 budget presentation before a joint session of the National Assembly on December 19, 2018.
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He claims he was absent at the House of Representatives chamber, venue of the budget presentation on that day.
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Since the incident, there have been reports in the social media that the booing was led by the Kogi Senator.
Senator Melaye, in his first reaction to the social media reports, said in a statement by his media aide, Gideon Ayodele, on Saturday evening that those that kept calling his name on the incident lied against him.
This denial comes 24 hours after he surrendered himself to the police, following a one-week siege on his Maitama residence, over an alleged case of culpable homicide.