Senator Dino Melaye surrenders to police Nigeria

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Eight days after being held up in his house, Senator Dino
Melaye, on Friday finally surrendered to the police. He left
his house with some lawmakers from the National Assembly who paid
him a solidarity visit. They went to the police in company of
Melaye’s lawyer, Mr. Mike Ozekhome. Melaye had been invited by the
police to answer allegation of attempted murder. He is alleged to
have been with his thugs who shot and injured a police officer on
the 19th July 2018. It remains unclear whether the Senator from
Kogi West will be remanded in custody or allowed to return
home.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted police spokesman, Jimoh
Moshood as saying the injured police officer was yet to recover
from the gunshot wounds he sustained during the attack and was
under intensive medical care. An Abuja high court had on Thursday
refused to grant Dino Melaye’s application to order the removal of
police blockade on his residence. The Nigerian Police Force had
said its men sent to arrest Senator Dino Melaye in his residence in
Abuja will not retreat until the senator surrenders himself for
arrest and investigation.

According to Moshood, the officers have a duly obtained Warrant
of Arrest to pick the senator, representing Kogi West. “Senator
Dino Melaye is wanted by the Police for a case of Criminal
Conspiracy and Attempted Culpable Homicide, committed on 19th July,
2018, when Senator Dino Melaye and his armed thugs attacked Police
personnel; shot and wounded Sgt. Danjuma Saliu, attached to 37
Police Mobile Force (PMF) on stop and search duty along Aiyetoro
Gbede, Mopa Road in Kogi State”, Moshood said.

“It is on record that the Police investigators submitted a
Letter of Invitation dated 23rd July, 2018, signed by the
Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command addressed to the
Clerk, National Assembly, Abuja, inviting Senator Dino Melaye to
report on 26th July, 2018 at 1100Hrs at the Kogi State Police
Command, CIID, Lokoja to answer to a case of Criminal Conspiracy
and Attempted Culpable Homicide against him under investigation in
the Kogi State Police Command.

“The claim by the Senate President in the Media that the Police
did not submit a letter of invitation to the Clerk of the National
Assembly is therefore incorrect as can be seen on attached letter
with acknowledgment stamp of the Clerk, National Assembly, Abuja
“24 JUL 2018“. Despite this, Senator Dino Melaye bluntly refused to
report himself to the Police till date.

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