By An audio tape obtained by SaharaReporters has revealed how Kogi West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye compromised Justice Akon Ikpeme, the tribunal judge who handled his election case in 2015.
In the tape, which captures a telephone conversation between Justice (Mrs) Akoh and Senator Melaye, had the Judge asking Melaye to give her a US Dollars as her preferred form of bribe.
It was gathered that she also asked the lawmaker to assist a person he repeatedly referred to as her daughter secure a job at the Cross Rivers State Ministry of Health.
SR’s investigation reveals that Justice Ikpeme is married to a Cross Rivers State Medical Doctor. She is reportedly number 3 in the hierachy of the Cross River Judiciary.
It was revealed that it is yet to be confirmed if Mrs Ikpeme’s daughter got the with the State Government, but in a second call between her and Melaye, the lawmaker allegedly bragged that he had already spoken to the State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade.
In 2016, Justice Ikpeme dismissed a petition by Senator Smart Adeyemi, main opponent of Senator Melaye and previous occupier of the senatorial district seat, in accordance to the plot to let Melaye off the hook at the election tribunal.
