» Dino Melaye Used US Bank Account To Remove Tattoo Of Ex-Wife - Sahara Reporters «

During the weekend, SaharaReporters broke the story that
long after he became a Senator of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, Mr. Melaye continued to operate a checking and
savings account with the bank, in violation of Nigeria law,
a report he has not denied.
We reported that the accounts were opened in the state of
Maryland under the name Daniel Din Melaye.
SaharaReporters also learned that, in violation of US law,
he opened the accounts under CampusEdge, which is
exclusively reserved for students, thereby masquerading as
a student.
In a series of Tweets and stories on Saturday and Sunday,
SaharaReporters reported that transactions on the bank
accounts continued while he served as a Senator.
Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Bureau strongly and clearly
prohibits the use of foreign accounts by elected and public
officials.
One transaction on Mr. Melaye’s Bank of America debit
card is an approved payment to the New York based
Schweiger Dermatology for $1,000. The company describes
itself as a medical and cosmetic dermatology service
offering a variety of skin healthcare needs.
Mr. Melaye has repeatedly dodged questions that he
operates these bank accounts, despite evidence
SaharaReporters has provided including transaction dates,
bank statements, card numbers, and location of the
transactions.
Contacted by a SaharaReporters correspondent about Mr.
Melaye’s financial transactions with the company, an
associate with the company confirmed to SaharaReporters
that “a man with the name Dino Melaye paid for a tattoo
removal on September 1st,” adding: “his payment was paid
directly in the office on the day of the procedure.”
It would be recalled that on August 31, Mr. Melaye was one
of three Senators who accompanied Senate President
Bukola Saraki to New York to participate in the 4th United
Nations Conference of Parliamentary Heads at the United
Nations, placing him on ground in the city on the date of
the dermatological procedure.
Senators Andy Uba, Bukola Saraki and Dino Melaye are
attending an IPU conference in New York
According to LegisReports, the other Senators involved on
the trip were Andy Uba and Shehu Sani. They were
accompanied by the Special Adviser to the Senate
President on Economic Matters, Dr. Uchendu Okoye, and a
Special Assistant on Public Partnerships.
With reference to Mr. Melaye’s denial of the tattoo
procedure, the Schweiger Dermatology associate pointed
out that in addition to the credit card evidence, there are
file photos of his procedure in his file.
“I can see that there is a man in the photos getting a
tattoo removed from his upper arm, near his shoulder, ” the
associate said.
Our correspondent then inquired what the tattoo was that
he was removing, to which the associate replied, “It is a
person’s name, the name is ALERO,” spelling A-L-E-R-O
for our correspondent over the phone.
Our correspondent further learned that it was impossible
for someone else to have made the transaction on Mr.
Melaye’s card because Schweiger Dermatology only
accepts a credit card payment if the card user has a
proper ID which matches the name on the credit card.
Dino Melaye and his estranged wife Alero Falope Melaye
Peace Ben Williams Blog
It is common knowledge that Mr. Melaye was briefly
married to a Mrs. Alero Falope before their matrimony
ended in 2014 amidst allegations that he had physically
abused Alero over the course of their marriage.
Before then, Mr. Melaye was involved in a messy adultery
case when Nollywood actress Bisi Ibidapo Obe accused
him of being responsible for her pregnancy. In response,
Mr. Melaye’s wife, Tokunbo, took to Twitter and accused
him of lying.
"You have a Masters degree in lying, but I have a PHD in
detecting bullsh*t!” she wrote, among others.
She also told her husband, "Trust is like paper…Once it’s
crumpled, it can’t be perfect again. There's a limit to what
one can take, if you keep piling load on the camels back,
there comes a point that back will surely break!”
And then she advised Mr. Melaye, “Never lie to the girl of
your life, for the girl of the night.”
The revelation of Mr. Melaye’s recent tattoo removal in
New York, using a bank account domiciled in the United
States in violation of Nigeria law, comes less than 48
hours after news of these accounts was revealed by
SaharaReporters. Mr. Melaye has since vowed to send
SaharaReporters publisher Omoyele Sowore to jail.
Mr. Melaye is one of the strongest proponents of the anti-
media bill in the Senate, and has cited SaharaReporters in
that connection several times, accusing the publication of
“insubordination”.