Police Arraign Senator Dino Over Attempted Suicide
- Re-arrest him for criminal conspiracy, possession of firearms
BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – The Nigeria Police on Wednesday arraigned Senator Dino Melaye at Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse, Abuja for Criminal conspiracy, causing damage to Government property, attempted suicide and escape from lawful custody.
The Police said that Senator Melaye’s arraignment in Court followed his discharge from the National Hospital after he was confirmed fit for trial.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Jimoh Moshood said that on the April 24, 2018, at about 1200Hrs, Senator 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 Toyota Hilux Vehicles blocked the Police vehicle conveying Senator 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.
Moshood said the case was investigated which led to why Senator Melaye was arraigned in court today.
Moshood also said that the Police Investigation Team re-arrested Senator Dino Melaye today, May 2, 2018 after his arraignment at the 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.
