Melaye was ordered remanded in prison
by a Magistrate Court in Lokoja, Kogi State
The representative of Kogi West Senatorial
District, Senator Dino Melaye, has been
remanded in prison till June 11, 2018.
Melaye was ordered remanded in prison
by a Magistrate Court in Lokoja, Kogi State.
This followed his arraignment on charges
of gun running, conspiracy and aiding of
jail break by the police.
He had earlier been driven to Lokoja from
Abuja on Thursday by the police in an
ambulance.
The Police who re-arrested Senator Dino
Melaye at the premises of a Magistrate
Court in Abuja on Tuesday, whisked him
to Kogi state, where he was arraigned in
Lokoja today.
Dino during his arraignment yesterday in court
The embattled Senator Dino Melaye
arrived in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital,
where he was arraigned by the Nigeria
Police.
The Kogi State influential politician
reported arrived in an Ambulance around
7:00am today and was driven straight to
the police A Division.
The outspoken lawmaker was on
Wednesday, granted bail in the sum of
N90million by the court in Abuja, having
met the bail condition but was re-arrested
by the police shortly after his release.
The statement which was signed by the
Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh
Moshood explained that Melaye would be
arraigned without further delay.
The statement had read, “The Police
investigation team re-arrested Senator Dino Melaye
today, 2nd May 2018 after his arraignment at Chief
Magistrate Court, Wuse for the pending offences of
Criminal Conspiracy and Unlawful Possession of
Prohibited Firearms already filed in a Court of
competent jurisdiction in Lokoja for which he will
be arraigned without further delay.”
The police subsequently accused him of
making an attempt to commit suicide by
jumping out of the vehicle conveying him
and falling on the ground, with a threat to
implicate the police for his supposed
death.
He was also said to have resisted a further
attempt by the police to re-arrest him with
the help of some persons who allegedly
threatened to injure the police officers if
they tried to arrest him.
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