Tall, huge and a dandy dresser, not many women would look away whenever he appears in their midst. Still very single four kids, Senator Dino Melaye is some women’s dream man.
He must have known this and put it to great use.
Recently, a voice note that had Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo communicating with the former Kogi Senator emerged online.
Iyabo warned him against his denial of their affair and then, made him realize that his trick of promising many women marriage would soon boomerang.
His affair that went sour with the actress also involved two other beautiful women who were said to have upset the affair from leading to marriage.
Iyabo had come out to confirm she dated him.
In the same vein, another actress, Omoborty also talked about her affair with Dino and how she met him.
To Omoborty, they never dated.
Maybe amused by all the attention his name is spewing online, Dino took to his Instagram handle and wrote this:
“ Na wa oooo. Dino wan marry A, Dino give B belle, Dino is dating C, all lori iro….haba!!!! Make una no worry i go soon marry…koboko na im she go take follow una. Jobless people. I beg give me toothpick make l comot one kpomo wey hang for my molar. SDM.”
Melaye’s marital status had always been the talk-of-the-town. He was married twice but divorced. He now lives alone with his three kids in his palatial mansion in Abuja.
However, dandy and boisterous Dino must have decided giving marriage a third chance when he dated Nollywood actress Bisi Ibidapo-Obe about eight years ago.
With Bisi, who he got to know through another actress, Lola Alao, Dino would travel down to Lagos from Abuja and paint the town red with Bisi,who everyone thought would replace his second wife who left him amidst much drama.
But the relationship hit the rock when pretty Bisi got pregnant and detractors started feeding the Kabba-born Senator with unpleasant tales about the actress’ affairs she had before meeting Dino.
Surprisingly, Lola Alao, the matchmaker, took sides with Dino who she refers to as her ‘brother’ because they are both from Kogi State.
It was a traumatic time for Bisi, who had never been pregnant. She, however, went ahead to keep the pregnancy and had a baby girl who she christened Precious Destiny Melaye. The senator refused to accept Destiny’s paternity and insisted on the actress going for a DNA test.
Seven years on, the two ex lovers (Dino and Bisi) aren’t on speaking terms.
Just as the dust was settling on the Bisi-Dino love episode, in May 2017 Nigerians woke up to see a post on Senator Dino’s Instagram handle where he posed with ex Big Brother Naija housemate, Tokunbo Idowu aka Tboss and the two laughing heartily.
It was May 15 at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja when the Senator had a book launch and invited political/society bigwigs.
Immediately a follower asked Senator Dino if he was one of the ‘private jet owners’ Tboss boasted about when she was in the Big Brother house, he deleted the photo.
But Tboss still posted her photo on her page and announced that she felt honoured to have been invited to such a gathering.
If Melaye thought that was the end of any discussion on Tboss, he got it wrong.
By 2019, when Tboss got pregnant and had a baby, all fingers pointed at the Kogi politician as the father of the cute baby girl.
When the ‘noise’ became unbearable, Senator Dino Melaye, took to social media to deny paternity of Tboss’s baby.
Not only did he say he was not the baby’s father, Dino also revealed he never dated Tboss.
