Dino Melaye is a Nigerian Senator, representing Kogi West at the 8th National Assembly. Information from his family members reveals that he was “kidnapped” on his way to Kogi State from Abuja to attend the court session for his gun running trial. News media have similarly reported that the Police on Thursday said they are investigating the “purported kidnap” of the Senator.
As the
Police and members of the Senator’s political party, the People’s Democratic
Party exchange words on the whereabouts of the Senator, Nigerians have been
expressing their supports and disappointment on the incident since yesterday. While
some are of the opinion that the Kogi lawmaker might have staged his own
abduction, others said they were tired of the various drama playing out in
Nigeria.
“I
wholeheartedly condemn the abduction of @dino_melaye. I implore those that have
kidnapped him to return him home safely to his family and loved ones. I urge
the Federal Government to do its job and protect the Nigerian people before it
is too late,” a Nigerian noted on Twitter, reacting to the incident.
Meanwhile,
Infoprations’ analysis indicates that the incident has made the Kogi born
Senator more popular in the last 24 hours. Analysis establishes that Dino
Melaye as a person has reached 100% search interest threshold. 'Dino Melaye kidnapped' has also reached the highest search interest percent.
One
percent interest in “Dino Melaye kidnapped” led to 61.5% of Nigerians’ interest
in knowing Dino Melaye as a person, analysis reveals. However, analysis shows
that Nigerians did not believe the incident by 23.2%. This percent also goes to
the reliability of police efforts in dealing with the incident.
Analysis
reveals that Police's failure to locate the Senator is likely to increase public distrust
in reliability of police services in the next five days. According to the
analysis, public distrust in police services would be 23.4%, 23.5%, 23.6%, 23.7%
and 23.9% from Saturday 28th to Wednesday 1st August 2018.
Further
analysis reveals that Dino Melaye, kidnapping, Senate of Nigeria, Bukola
Saraki, Ayo Fayose, Ben-Murray-Bruce, kidnap and Yakubu Dogara were the top
queries related with ‘Dino Melaye Kidnapped’, signifying Nigerians’ interest in
understanding the whole incident in relation with the key members of the Senate
and the Assembly itself considering the place of the Senator in the Assembly
and Nigeria in general.
Out of
the related queries, kidnapping, Ben Murray-Bruce, kidnap, Yakubu Dogara, Dino
Melaye kidnapped and where is Dino Melaye now have reached breakout (beyond
5,000% threshold) as at the time of writing the analysis.
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