Dino Melaye escapes assassination in Abuja as his car is shot at severally

Car rained with bullet shots tonight. Perhaps they just meant to scare him this time..

Mr. Melaye said two
bullets hit his car.
A former Nigerian federal
lawmaker, Dino Melaye,
Monday night escaped
assassination in Abuja,
Nigeria’s capital city.
Mr. Melaye, an staunch
government critic, was
attacked in the high-brow
Central Business District of
the city, while making his
way home.
He said the attackers,
driving in a Golf car,
crossed his car near the
NNPC towers and
immediately began
shooting at him.
He said two bullets hit his
car before he managed to
escaped unharmed.

Mr. Melaye, a former
member of the Peoples
Democratic Party, shortly
after leaving the National
Assembly, switched to the
opposition flank, actively
leading the January 2012
fuel subsidy protest.
He has since then
remained an anti-
corruption activist.
“When you fight
corruption, corruption
fights back strongly,” he
said, blaming the attack
on his anti-corruption
stance.