Dino Melaye, senator representing
Kogi west, has been re-arraigned before a high court of the federal capital
territory (FCT).
This will be the 12th time the
lawmaker would be arraigned before a court since 2018 when he was first charged
for lying to the police over an attempt to assassinate him.
At the court on Monday, the
senator was re-arraigned for resisting arrest, “tweeting and speaking to
journalists from hiding.”
In December, some police officers
laid seige to Melaye’s Abuja residence. Then, the police accused him of
culpable homicide.
The police said supporters of the
senator shot and injured an officer in Kogi in July last year.
He was eventually arrested on the
eighth day of the siege to his residence. Before this development, the senator
had been arraigned on various counts for arming thugs in Kogi.
However, the charges to which
Melaye was arraigned at the court was amended by the federal government.
By this action, the government
has taken over the case from the police. Yusuf Halilu, the judge, granted
Melaye fresh bail existing conditions.
Halilu has granted the senator
bail at least twice since the authorities began arraigning him.
Melaye has repeatedly denied the
allegations levelled against him.
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