Dino Melaye Biography & Net Worth: Cars, Houses, Family

Daniel Dino Melaye is a Nigerian politician, a former senator and an active member of the People’s Democratic Party. He was a member of the 8^th Nigerian National Assembly, representing Kogi West Senatorial district.

Dino is known for his controversies and contradictory statement, likewise his love for cars is insatiable with tons of cars available in his garage. We have in this article provided all the information you need to know about Dino Melaye.

Dino Melaye Biography and Net Worth, Cars, Houses, Family

Dino Melaye is famous for the controversies that surround him especially when it comes to his political career and family. Nonetheless, you can quickly glance through the quick fact on Dino Melaye below.

Dino Melaye Profile

Full Name:	Daniel Dino Melaye
Birth Place:	Kano
Date of Birth:	1st, January 1974
Age:	48 years
Nationality:	Nigerian (Kogi State)
Occupation:	Politician and Author
Marital Status:	Tokunbo Melaye (Divorced)
Children:	Yes (4)
Net Worth:	$100 Million

Even though Dino Melaye hails from Kogi state, he was born on the 1^st of January 1974 in Kano state. He was brought up in the same city, but his parent’s name is unknown likewise if he has any siblings.

Melaye attended the Gandun Nassarawa Primary School Kano for his basic and primary education. He attended the Command and Air-force Secondary School in Kaduna for his secondary school education.

In 2000, he attended Ahmadu Bello University where he studied Geography where he graduated and bagged a degree in the course.

Dino Melaye Education

We have discussed his preliminary, secondary and tertiary education above, Melaye also claimed to have other 7-degree qualifications. We know that he has postgraduate qualifications having a master’s degree in International Relations & Diplomacy; an Advance Diploma in Law, Security & Conflict Management; Certificate in Emerging Leaders and many others.

Dino Melaye Political Career

Melaye’s political ambition can be traced back to his days in the varsity where he was a student activist. While on campus during his undergraduate studies, Melaye has led the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and he later became the Secretary-General of the African Youth Council and then that of the Commonwealth Youth Council.

However, his political career kick-started properly when he contested for the membership of the House of Representatives to represent the Kabba/Ijumu federal constituency of Kogi State under the banner of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He won the election.

Likewise, during the 2015 Senatorial election, he contested and won having been elected as a member of the Senate of Nigeria representing the Kogi-West Senatorial zone.

Melaye didn’t stop there as he contested again in 2019 for the Kogi West Senatorial seat. He won the election still under the PDP, defeating Sen. Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressive Congress (APC). However, due to controversies, the election was annulled.

Re-election was conducted on Nov. 16, 2019. However, Sen. Smart had the upper hand in the election results of some local governments. But the opposition refused the result, and Sen. Smart Adeyemi eventually won the election but there were ruckus and disagreement.

Dino Melaye Houses and Cars

Aside from Dino Melaye Net worth, he is mostly known for the high number of cars in his possession which are in different models as well as other automobiles. Melaye has an estimated net worth of about $100 million, as such he can finance his luxury and stupendously expensive properties.

Some of these Dino cars including buying exquisite and expensively customized car models. In total, Melaye has about 25 cars, however, he has mentioned that he will still buy more if he has resources.

Some of the vehicles in his garage include Bugatti Veyron (N616 million); Lamborghini Gallardo (N73 million); Rolls Royce (N145 million); Polaris Slingshot (N8.7 million); Porsche Panamera (N29 million); Range Rover (N55 million); 3 Mercedes G-Wagon (N70 million each); Bentley Continental (N90 million); Chevrolet Corvette (N44 million); Ferrari (N100 million); 2 Mercedes E Class (N19.2 million each); Mazda CX 3 (N8.6 million); Rolls Royce Ghost (N105.7 million); Porsche Carrera 911 (N34.6 million); Lamborghini Huracan (N86.7 million); Rolls Royce Phantom (N163.3 million).

He also owned a motor bicycle, the Harley Davidson (N52.2 million).

Also, Melaye has quite an expensive number of houses built in Nigeria and as well outside the country.

Among the houses he owns is his mansion in Abuja that is worth about $6.5 million. The mansion is well built and designed with the latest home decors as well as state-of-the-art home utilities.

Dino Melaye Personal Life

Melaye had been married to Tokunbo Melaye, his ex-wife and the union lasted for 10 years. unfortunately, the couple went their separate ways after she filed for a divorce in 2013 due to domestic abuse where she said that Melaye beat her and even pointed a gun at her.

The couple, however, had 3 children. Melaye has children with other baby mamas, 1 child with Bisi Ibidapo Obe, a Nigerian actress, and another child with Alero Falope believed to be a housemaid at the politician’s residence.

However, rumor has it that Melaye has children with other women but he has denied the account. So, overall, we know Melaye to have 5 children from 3 women. Plus, he is presently unmarried.

Dino Melaye Awards

Interestingly, Melaye has bagged several awards in his career. Despite his controversies as a representative and senator, he is still recognized considering the awards he won. Some of his awards include:

2020 – The most performed national legislator by vision 2020 Youth Group
2017 to 2018 – Senator of the year
2008 – Most vibrant honorable member, Abuja Merit Awards African parliamentarian
2008 – The icon of good leadership by Kogi Peoples Forum
Diplomatic Member of the Year by St. Monica’s College Kabba
Youth Libra for Award by the Visioners club Kogi state
Protector of the Youth PDP National Youth Vanguard

There you have some of the awards scooped by the Nigerian politician as awarded by several bodies which are mostly Nigerian.

Dino Melaye Net Worth

Dino Melaye has built quite a fortune for himself since he began his political journey as a Member of the National Assembly house representative and also as a senator. Melaye net worth as of the time this article is compiled is believed to be $100 million.

Conclusion on Dino Melaye Biography and Net worth, Cars, Houses, Family

That is the much information we could gather on Dino Melaye Biography and Net worth. The controversial Nigerian politician is largely famous for his lavish lifestyle and controversy. He has landed in several issues which many believed is the reason why he is out of a political job. However, he had enjoyed a good run in his political career since he began.

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