Unic Press UK: Senator Dino Melaye (APC and Kogi West) was arraigned in a magistrate’s court in Wuse Zone II, Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday, charged with attempted suicide and escaping from lawful custody.
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.
The News Agency of Nigeria reported a press statement from the Nigerian Police Force:
“It will be recalled that, on the 24th April, 2018, at about 1200Hrs, Senator 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.” (Nigerian Police Force: May 2, 2018)
Melaye is currently in police custody as he was rearrested immediately he was discharged from the National Hospital, Abuja.
Apart from the fresh charges against Melaye, he is facing a charge of Conspiracy and Unlawful Possession of Prohibited Firearms. The case is at a Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi state. The Nigerian Police Force claims that the Senator has a case to answer having been implicated in the confessional statements of one Kabiru Seidu (alias Osama) and Nuhu Salisu (alias Small).
