The police have re-arrested Dino Melaye, the lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district. Melaye was arrested after he was arraigned before a
The police have re-arrested Dino Melaye, the lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district. Melaye was arrested after he was arraigned before a magistrate court in Abuja, on Wednesday. He was brought on a stretcher. The court later granted him a N90 million bail, asking him to provide two sureties.
However, armed policemen took over the court, preventing vehicular human movements. The lawmaker was in the company of his lawyers until a police ambulance was brought with over 100 armed personnel. Immediately he was re-arrested and whisked away.
Melaye landed in the hospital after he sustained injuries when he jumped out of a moving vehicle conveying him to a court in Kogi for a gun running case. Prior to the attempted escape, he had been detained at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, while trying to travel abroad, and was later prevented from travelling. Melaye has accused Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, of being behind his plight.
Meanwhile, Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, said the bail granted the senator does not cover the alleged offences for which he was first arrested for. The police had earlier filed a case of criminal conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms against the senator at a Kogi court. Moshood said Melaye will be arraigned without further delay in Kogi for the said offences.
