Dino Melaye Biography, Wikipedia, Age, Husband, State Of Origin.

Dino Melaye was a popular senator from Kogi State in Nigeria and is well-known for his comedy, outrageous acting, and pretence. More importantly, though, he was a fierce critic of the Buhari administration before he was forced out of office.

 

Dino Melaye, although appearing to support the administration, is a very contentious public figure whose income does not support his lifestyle. Dino is the biggest luxury and supercar collector in Nigeria, surpassing all other politicians combined.

 

Dino Melaye Biography

Daniel “Dino” Melaye, a politician and actor from Nigeria who represents the Kogi West Senatorial constituency in the eighth National Assembly, was born on January 1, 1974. Dino Melaye participated actively in the student union while a first-year geography student at Ahmadu Bello University.

 

Later, he served as the president of the Commonwealth Youth Council, the African Youth Council, and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). Then-President Olusegun Obasanjo went on to appoint him as the Head of the Presidential Advisory Council on Youth.

 

As he is fondly called, “Dino,” he was well-known for his vehement opposition to the Goodluck Jonathan administration. Under the All Progressive Congress’s platform, he served in the House of Representatives. The Kogi Senate West district was his to win in 2015.

 

In his contentious campaign that resulted in his election as Senate President, he seconded the nomination of Senator Bukola Saraki. According to Dino Melaye’s Instagram account, he enjoys drinking champagne, driving expensive automobiles, and wearing brand clothing.

 

Dino Melaye first became involved in politics during his university years, when he actively participated in students’ unionism. But, he developed an interest in partisan politics while in the late 1990s, Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa, who was the military administrator of Lagos, was followed.

 

It wasn’t until 2007 when the House of Representatives seat was designated to the Gbede district of the Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State that Daniel Dino Melaye became mostly unknown to his constituents, who had just begun to experience the new democratic framework in 1999.

 

Political positions are allocated and rotated among different districts in the Okun political community, particularly in the People’s Democratic Party. Because of this, Chief Abiodun Ojo was elected in the Ijumu district of the Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal constituency between 1999 and 2003.

 

Duro Meseko emerged as the top choice in the Bunu district between 2003 and 2007. Dino replaced him as the district representative for Gbede in Ijumu after a lot of political maneuvering between 2007 and 2011.

 

Nevertheless, the Kabba district, which was supposed to produce the next candidate, rose against Dino in 2011 when he protested the zoning system that had propelled him to power. As a result, he lost to Tajudeen Yusuf, a former student union president at the University of Jos.

 

Dino Melaye Early Life & Education

On January 1st, 1974, Dino Melaye was born in the city of Kano. He earned his degree in geography from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, in 2000.

 

He was the president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), and he later held the positions of secretary general of the Commonwealth Youth Council and the African Youth Council. To lead the Presidential Advisory Council on Youths, President Olusegun Obasanjo selected him.

 

Dino Melaye Political Life

Dino Melaye sided with then-governor Ibrahim Idris against Prince Abubakar Audu in the 2008 rerun of the governorship election (now late).

 

He was accused of visiting the INEC headquarters to obtain photocopies of the documents Audu, an ANPP governorship candidate at the time, had submitted, and of accusing Audu of not having a secondary school diploma.

 

Yet, he expressed regret to the late Audu and promised to cooperate with him. Dino lost the House of Representatives election against PDP candidate Tajudeen Yusuf, but Audu was reported to have forgave him, appointed him the ANPP candidate, and supported his campaigning.

 

Dino Melaye claimed that the PDP candidate had an advantage in the election, and for several days he gathered several youngsters to the INEC office in Lokoja to demonstrate and demand that the results be thrown out.

 

Between then and the state’s 2015 election, which groped in political obscurity, he spearheaded a crusade of investigations into Ibrahim Idris, the state’s recently-resigned former governor, as part of an anti-corruption drive.

 

Dino served in the Nigerian House of Representatives and vocally attacked President Jonathan Goodluck, branding his administration as the most corrupt in the country.

 

He won the Kogi West Senatorial District in the 2015 senatorial election, becoming a senator for Nigeria. His constituents later chose him again to serve in the 9th Senate.

 

Following a nomination by Senator Ahmad Sani Yerima, he seconded the nomination of Senator Bukola Saraki as a contender for the position of Senate President.

 

Dino stuck with the ANPP until the party united with other major parties to become the All Progressives Congress, despite not being successful in achieving his re-election campaign on the platform.

 

Long-term benefits came from his reconciliation with the late Audu, who was one of the party’s arrowheads in the state. After controversially becoming the APC candidate, he ran for the Kogi West Senate seat and defeated Smart Adeyemi of the PDP.

 

Political observers had written off Dino before the election because they thought the PDP had a strong candidate in Smart Adeyemi, who was running for a third term.

 

However, the Buhari Tsunami gave Dino, who had already lost the five local government areas in his native Okun land and was in a distant third place, an advantage over the PDP candidate as votes from Lokoja/Kogi handed him a surprise victory.

 

Dino Melaye Political Controversies & Scandals

 

Dino Melaye has faced scandals and charges throughout his political career. Melaye hasn’t contested the claim that he continued to run checking and savings accounts with a US bank while he was a senator, which was against Nigerian law.

 

The usage of overseas accounts by public employees and elected officials is absolutely prohibited under Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Bureau. Some of Dino Melaye’s automotive collections are seen in a cross-section of his garage.

 

Despite evidence that includes transaction dates, bank statements, card numbers, and the locations of the transactions, Melaye has repeatedly avoided inquiries about whether he manages these bank accounts.

 

Adams Oshiomhole, the governor of Edo state, received criticism from Melaye for “importing his bride” as opposed to weding a Native woman.

 

Melaye had threatened to physically assault and “impregnate” Senator Oluremi Tinubu on the Senate floor. She is the wife of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State and the national party leader of the All Progressives Congress.

 

Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi state, launched a recall effort for Senator Daniel Dino Melaye from the National Assembly in June 2017.

 

After names of allegedly deceased residents of Kogi state were discovered on the list of individuals who voted to recall the contentious senator, the recall caused uproar across the country. Yet the recall was unsuccessful.

 

On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at the Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse, Abuja, Senator Melaye was presented in court by the police. After complying with the bail requirement, the court released him on bail in the amount of N90 million, but the police quickly detained him again.

 

Melaye and 13 other senators from the All Progressives Congress (APC) switched parties to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on July 24, 2018. Dino Melaye “slumped” in Abuja on January 5 after turning himself in to the police.

 

Dino Melaye Certificate Scandal

 

Dino Melaye was implicated in several scandals involving certifications in 2017, including his assertion that he held degrees from the Ivy League Harvard University in Boston and Ahmadu Bello University, both of which are located in Boston, for a Bachelor of Science in Geography. Although it has not yet been confirmed, he claimed to have the degree.

 

Melaye disputes these allegations because he could be held accountable for serious criminal offenses, which could harm his political career. Sen. Ali Ndume, a colleague and former majority leader in his party (the APC), urges for the house to look into Melaye’s allegations.

 

Melaye asserts that he not only graduated lawfully from ABU Zaria but also that he has successfully earned seven degrees from various universities around the world, including Harvard University, the Kennedy School for Educational Leadership, and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

 

Both of these institutions have since denied Melaye’s claims, with Harvard asserting that he only applied for a week-long professional development course in late 2016. Despite what the LSE asserted, there is no proof in its database that Mr. Melaye ever earned a degree there.

 

After appearing before the Senate Committee to confirm that Senator Dino Melaye graduated from the university, albeit with a different name, Vice-Chancellor Ibrahim Garba of Ahmadu Bello University cleared Melaye.

 

Dino Melaye Family

Dino, Daniel Melaye formerly spent eleven years with Tokunbo Melaye as a married couple. After a domestic violence incident in which she alleged that he assaulted her and held a gun to her head, she filed for divorce.

 

Alero Falope soon after moved in with Melaye. After six months, Falope left. In July 2016, Mr. Melaye welcomed a second child with an unidentified woman after having three children with Tokunbo and Dino.

 

Dino Melaye Authorship

 

Dino, Daniel Melaye formerly spent eleven years with Tokunbo Melaye as a married couple. After a domestic violence incident in which she alleged that he assaulted her and held a gun to her head, she filed for divorce.

 

Alero Falope soon after moved in with Melaye. After six months, Falope left. In July 2016, Mr. Melaye welcomed a second child with an unidentified woman after having three children with Tokunbo and Dino.

 

Dino Melaye Music Video

 

Melaye obviously values luxury in life. His Instagram profile has photos of him posing in front of a line of expensive cars or in front of designer shops while sporting brightly colored sneakers and tight trousers. This lavish way of life has occasionally gotten him into trouble.

 

After appearing in a music video for Kach, a Nigerian rapper who also happens to be the son of the nation’s oil minister, Ibe Kachikwu, he received criticism. Dino’s Slingshot is admired by onlookers in Abuja.

 

The song’s video, titled Dino, shows posh vehicles, women in underwear, and $100 bills flying around. Also seen exiting a sports automobile is Mr. Melaye, who is donning a T-shirt with the word “legend” printed on it.

 

On social media, some Nigerians lambasted him for the excessive display of wealth, especially when many of the Kogi state’s civil servants were still due several months’ worth of wages.

 

Dino Melaye Alleged Assassination Plot

 

Dino was sued by the federal government for allegedly giving false information regarding a fictitious assassination attempt on his life.

 

Yahaya Bello, the governor of the state of Kogi, was allegedly responsible for an unsuccessful attempt on Mr. Melaye’s life in April 2017. In what many saw as a fight for control of the state, Mr. Bello and Mr. Melaye frequently engaged in conflict.

 

Dino gained the moniker “singing senator” after posting recordings of himself singing songs that mocked the Kogi governor on social media.

 

Dino Melaye Awards & Recognitions

Dino Melaye has won several awards, including;

• ‘Best Honourable Representative of the Year’ by Global Youth Awareness and Development Initiative
• ‘Protector of the Youth P.D.P National Youth Vanguard’
• ‘Epitome of Servant’ by National Association of Kogi State Students
• ‘Youth Libra for Award’ by the Visioners Club of Kogi State
• ‘Great Motivator of Students’ by Nigerian Economic Student Association
• ‘Icon of Good Leadership’ by Kogi Peoples Forum
• ‘2008 Diplomatic Member of the year’ by St. Monica’s College Kabba and
• ‘The most performed National Legislator’ by Vision 2020 Youth Group.
• ‘Most vibrant Honourable member’
• ‘Abuja merit Awards African Parliamentarian of the year 2005 in the U.S.A.’
• ‘Melaye also won the ‘Senator of the year’ award in 2017 and 2018.

Dino Melaye Net Worth

 

Dino Melaye, a former senator from Nigeria’s 8th parliament, is thought to be worth N12 billion. A Bugatti Veyron, worth $1.7 million (N616 million), a Lamborghini Gallardo, N73 million, N8.7 million Polaris Slingshot, N145 million vintage Rolls Royce, N29 million Porsche Panamera, N55 million Range Rover, N60 million Mercedes G-Wagon, N90 million Bentley Continental, N44 million Chevrolet Corvette, N100 million Ferrari, and N100 million worth of other vehicles are among Dino Melaye’s fleet