Chidi Samuel |
Embattled Senator, Dino Melaye was on Wednesday arraigned by the police before a Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrate’s Court in Abuja on allegations that he escaped lawful custody.
He was, however, granted a bail of N90 million.
Shortly after he was granted bail, the Senator representing Kogi West in the national assembly was immediately rearrested by the police and taken to Force Headquarters in Abuja.
In a statement, police said Melaye was arraigned in court and charged with Criminal conspiracy, causing damage to Government property, attempted suicide and escape from lawful custody.
“It will be recalled that, on the 24th April, 2018, at about 1200Hrs, Sen. Dino Melaye while in lawful custody of the Nigeria Police Force and being taken for arraignment for Conspiracy and Unlawful Possession of Prohibited Firearms in Court in Lokoja, from Abuja, escaped from lawful custody when hoodlums and miscreants in Two (2) Toyota Hilux Vehicles blocked the Police vehicle conveying Senator Dino Melaye around Area 1 Round About, Abuja and in the process the Senator broke the side glass of the vehicle and jumped out of the Police bus through the window and was rescued from the Police men by hoodlums and miscreants to an unknown destination before he was rearrested at Zankli Hospital in Abuja later in the day on same date. This case was investigated and that is why the Senator was arraigned in court today.
“Meanwhile, 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”.
Melaye was hospitalised last week Tuesday after he jumped out of a moving police that was reportedly taking him to Lokoja, the Kogi state capital.
Senator Ben Bruce-Muray, his colleague recently claimed that the Kogi state Senator jumped out the moving police vehicle because he was gassed by men of the police force taking him to Lokoja.
Details to follow…