Dino Melaye, lawmaker
representing Kogi west senatorial zone, was on Wednesday arraigned at a federal
capital territory high court (FCT) on a six-count charge, bordering on
attempted suicide, attempt to escape from custody and damage of police
property.
Melaye who denied committing the
offences, while Silvanus Oriji, a judge, granted him bail in the sum of N5
million
Oriji also ordered him to produce
two sureties in like sum, as part of the bail condition.
The judge ordered that the
sureties must be directors in the civil service, reside in the FCT, and depose
to affidavits of means.
The prosecuting counsel, Alex
Izinyon (SAN), had told the court that the defendant committed the alleged
offences on April 24.
He said the defendant while being
conveyed in a police vehicle to Lokoja, forced his way out and escaped.
Izinyon added that the defendant
sat on the ground, holding a substance in one hand threatening to drink it to
kill himself so that he can put the police officers in trouble.
The prosecutor also said that the
defendant broke the glass of the vehicle with his elbow and caused damage to
police property.
He said the offences contravened
the provisions of sections 148,153,173,231, 326 and 327 of the penal code.
Mike Ozekhome, counsel to the
defendant, prayed the court to allow the bail granted to the defendant at the
magistrate’s court, Wuse on the same charges to continue.
The prosecution opposed the
application, adding that bail is at the discretion of the court.
The judge upheld the submission
of the prosecution and gave the new bail conditions.
He said the case would be
assigned to another judge by the chief judge after the vacation.
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