Dino Melaye, lawmaker
representing Kogi west senatorial district, has been released hours after he
was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
A witness at the airport
disclosed this. The witness said after preventing
the lawmaker from boarding his flight, the immigration officials asked him to
wait for questioning.
“After this, policemen surrounded
the senator and he shouted: ‘Will you carry me by force into the vehicle?'” the
witness said.
“The senator was visibly upset
and did not hide his disappointment. Many passengers watched the stand off
without any intervention. The senator was not manhandled, but after a while,
was allowed to leave the airport.”
Melaye had announced his arrest
on Twitter, saying he was prevented from embarking on a trip to Morocco.
But Anjuguri Manzah, spokesman of
the police in the federal capital territory (FCT), had said he was not aware of
the arrest.
“I cannot confirm what you are
asking because I am not aware of Dino Melaye’s arrest,” he said
Sunday James, spokesman of the
Nigeria Immigration Service, later confirmed the arrest of the senator, saying
the agency acted based on instruction.
Last month, the police declared
Melaye wanted in connection with a murder case in which he was implicated.
Jimoh Moshood, force spokesman,
had said the Interpol had been alerted to arrest Melaye alongside some
suspects.
The police had declared Melaye
wanted in connection with a murder case. Some suspects had alleged that the
lawmaker was supplying arms to them.
Last month, the federal
government charged him to court for allegedly framing Edward Onoja, chief of
staff of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state.
Melaye had accused Onoja of being
behind an alleged assassination attempt on his life in April 2017.
But in a suit filed by the office
of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), the federal government said
the police found out that Melaye’s claim was false.
The suit was filed before a high
court of the FCT.
Melaye was also accused of making
a false statement of facts in a phone conversation with Mohammed Abubakar, son
of the late Abubakar Audu, former governor of Kogi, with the intention of
harming the reputation of Bello’s chief of staff.
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