Dino Melaye
Daniel Dino Melaye | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office June 2015 – 11 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Smart Adeyemi |
| Succeeded by | Smart Adeyemi |
| Constituency | Kogi West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dino Daniel Melaye 1 January 1974 |
| Party | African Democratic Congress (ADC) |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University |
| Website | http://Senatordinomelaye.com |
Barrister Daniel Dino Melaye (born 7 January 1974) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician, a former senator and former member of the Nigerian National Assembly, representing Kogi West Senatorial district. He is from Ayetoro Gbede in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Melaye is a former senator and member of the House of Representatives and also a member of the African Democratic Congress. In 2015 he defected to All Progressives Congress (APC) but returned to PDP in the build-up to 2019 elections after months of political struggle with Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. He was chairman of the Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja and briefly chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation in Nigeria. He was the spokesperson of 2023 presidential candidate of People's Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. In July 2025, Melaye resigned from the People's Democratic Party and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC).