The police have denied being
involved in the attempt to arrest Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west.
On Thursday, operatives of the
special anti-robbery squad (SARS) had laid siege to a high court in Abuja where
Melaye was arraigned for allegedly framing Edward Onoja, chief of staff of
Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state.
Melaye had accused Onoja of being
involved in an attempt to assassinate him in April.
Following a complaint by the
senator, the police arrested six suspects, including a local government
chairman.
Although Onoja was not arrested,
he was interrogated by the police.
However, things took a new turn
when Melaye was heard in a leaked audio saying he framed Onoja in the
assassination plot.
In a suit filed by the office of
the attorney-general of the federation, the federal government said the police
found out that Melaye’s claim was false.
When he appeared in court on
Thursday, Melayed pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge filed against.
The court granted him a N100,000
bail while the case was adjourned till May, but Melaye could not leave the
court premises hours after.
Armed operatives numbering about
30 waited patiently to arrest him.
After waiting for a while, the
senator took to Twitter to accuse the police of conniving with Bello “to arrest
and poison me on the way to Lokoja(Kogi state capital)”.
But reacting, the police said
they had nothing to do with the attempt to arrest him.
Speaking on Friday, William Aya,
spokesman of the state command, said: “I don’t know what you are talking
about…the police is not involved in the issue.”
When asked why police officers
were in court yesterday, Aya replied: “That’s what I am telling you, I am not
aware of that. There is nothing like that.”
Jimoh Moshood, spokesman of the
Nigeria police force, did not respond to TheCable’s inquiry regarding the
allegation.
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