Dino Melaye in Kogi’s court Thursday
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- Embattled Sen. Dino Melaye was on Thursday arraigned before a Lokoja
Chief magistrates’ Court after he was taken there early on Thursday.
The
lawmaker was brought to court in a police ambulance at about 9:17 am
and was immensely stretchered into the court by policemen.
Before
his arrival, heavily armed policemen taken positions within and outside
the court premises to forestall unforeseen circumstances.
The arrival of the senator in court attracted the attention of workers and others who came for transactions.
Other courts within the premises were also not sitting as at the time of this report.
Also, journalists and other person’s that had seated in court for hours were all asked to go out for security checks.
At the end, only few were allowed inside.
The senator had before being brought to court was first taken to the SARS headquarters near the NTA office in Lokoja.
Melaye
was declared wanted following his refusal to appear before the police
to answer to accusations by some arrested suspects, who alleged that the
senator supplied them with arms and ammunition.
According to reports, Melaye was conveyed in an ambulance by the police authorities to Lokoja.
Melaye was later brought into the Lokoja Senior Magistrates’ court, 2, on a stretcher, source said.
He
was brought in a Toyota Hiace police ambulance bus with registration
number NPF2214D.It was learnt that some journalists who had laid siege
to the courtroom were asked to step out for security screening.
In
order to face the pending criminal case in Kogi, Dino Melaye was
re-arrested on Wednesday after his arraignment in court and perfecting
his bail conditions.
The lawmaker representing Kogi West was arraigned by the Police on Wednesday at Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse in Abuja.
He
was granted bail in the sum of N90 million by the court, having met the
bail condition but was rearrested by the police shortly after his
release.
The
police in a statement on Wednesday said Melaye was re-arrested for his
pending offences of criminal conspiracy and unlawful possession of
prohibited firearms.
The
statement which was signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Mr.
Jimoh Moshood, explained that Melaye will be arraigned without further
delay.
“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,” he
said.
Moshood
said that Melaye was arraigned in Abuja today for criminal conspiracy,
causing damage to government property, attempted suicide and escape from
lawful custody.
Melaye’s
arraignment in court today according to the police was subsequent to
his discharge from the National Hospital after he was confirmed fit for
trial.
The Senator landed in the National Hospital after jumping out of a moving police vehicle on Tuesday, April 24.
The
police vehicle was conveying him to Lokoja, Kogi State where he is
expected to be interrogated by the police in connection with the
allegation that he armed some thugs and in relation to other criminal
activities.
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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