Nigerian Senator Dino Melaye is trending on social media for appearing in a music video named after him and depicting his lavish lifestyle.
“Dino” by rapper Kach was shot in and out of a mansion with dollar bills flying over women and luxury cars. The Kogi West senator stepped out of a car wearing a T-shirt labelled “Legend”.
Social media comments suggest that there is everything wrong with the politician appearing in the music video which was allegedly shot in his house with his cars.
Music video or not, Senator Dino Melaye doesn’t hide his love for luxury items which he regularly flaunts on Instagram.
The senator is not new to controversies as he recorded himself last year singing and dancing to a Yoruba song in defiance of his “critics”.
Kogi State Best Senator; Dino Melaye
Watch him sing and dance in this funny video
Like & RT #APSMag #InstinctWave @dino_melaye @kogireports @KOGIAPC #theywerehitswednesday #MaxBreakfast #MakeUnaWakeUpShow #MorningRush #Kogi #AmstelMaltaBest pic.twitter.com/7YpSakHV2t
— Africa Public Sector (@APSmag) December 20, 2017
The artist, real name Uche Kachikwu, is the son of Nigeria’s petroleum minister Ibe Kachikwu. He is reported to have defended the senator saying he did nothing wrong.
Below are some reactions to the senator’s rare appearance in the music video.
So Ibe Kachikwu’s son wrote a half baked rap song with the words Dino and a serving senator of the federal republic of Nigeria happily agreed to come and be dancing like expired gangster inside the video? During fuel scarcity ooo.
It’s time to delete Kogi from the map of Nigeria pic.twitter.com/PHChS1iU4U
— Babasola Kuti (@SKSolaKuti) December 20, 2017
I swear to Almighty God Dino Melaye should not be a senator, imagine him in that kind of video with naked ladies. No morals no shame no respect.
I am tired of NIGERIA https://t.co/2tT1vnRzS5— Commissioner for Jollof Rice (@kadunaconnect) December 20, 2017
Dino Melaye is a fully-funded Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, one sustained by tax-payers’ money. That I have to explain this to an adult citizen is perhaps the reason he’s showing Nigerians the middle finger in exhibiting the luxury he’s acquired with public fund. https://t.co/XM5l0FsIv2
— Gimba Kakanda (@gimbakakanda) December 19, 2017
Nigeria’s Senator Dino Melaye has his hands on a Self Destruct button, Superb Legislator, but loud and Immodest lifestyle.
— aliyu ibrahim (@Aliyu0Aliyu) December 20, 2017
is it a crime in Nigeria for a senator to appear in a music video ?show me were it was written in our dear constitution if not keep silent forever an allow dino to motivate us u son of a 1000 fathers
— mr k (@KefasSilas4) December 20, 2017
The Kogi people are different in Nigeria as a whole so i won’t be surprise if they say you are their best Senator, as for me and my team you are a media Senator in the Nass!
— AfricanManOriginal (@i_mpolkameksaih) December 20, 2017
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Dino Melaye, the only video vixen Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria yet, he might just be paving the way for others ??— AdForumCo (@AdForumCo) December 20, 2017
Dino desperately trying to fulfilled his lost youthfulness
— дyо?? (@hayyor) December 20, 2017
Dino: he’s gonna sign it! he his gonna sign it! d chunk of d $25B we lobbing 2 get favours d cash is worth it trust me, n its wht i have always wantd, its not my fault i didn’t get 2 do it with my mates, n got 2 do it with my grandchildren but remember age is nothing but a number
— Vashti Azael Checher (@vashtiy) December 20, 2017
So it is said that a serving senator shouldn’t have fun because he is a senator or what let’s be realistic
— Richie Air’che (@Airche) December 20, 2017
is it a crime in Nigeria for a senator to appear in a music video ?show me were it was written in our dear constitution if not keep silent forever an allow dino to motivate us u son of a 1000 fathers
— mr k (@KefasSilas4) December 20, 2017
Watch the music video below.
