Police re-arrest Senator Dino Melaye in hospital, promise to arraign him in court

The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye after the alleged jumping from police van en route to Kogi for trial has been rearrested again in a hospital he was admitted to receive treatment in Abuja.


This was contained in a statement released by the Nigeria Police Force. The statement said, Senator Dino Melaye was re-arrested on his sick bed this evening and would soon be charged to court.

Read the statement below..

At about 1200Hrs of today Sen. Dino Melaye while in lawful custody of the Nigeria Police Force and being taken for arraignment in Federal High Court Lokoja, from Abuja, escaped from lawful custody when hoodlums and miscreants in Two (2) Toyota Hilux Vehicles blocked the Police vehicle conveying Senator Dino Melaye around Area 1 Round About, Abuja and in the process the Senator jumped out of the Police vehicle through the window and was rescued from the Police men by hoodlums and miscreants to an unknown destination.

The Police team re-enforced and trailed Senator Dino Melaye to Zankli Hospital, Abuja where he was re-arrested. The Senator would be arraigned in court without further delay.

Meanwhile, one of the Toyota Hilux vehicles used by the hoodlums and miscreants in aiding the escape of the Senator has been recovered by the Police investigation team.

The Inspector General of Police has therefore directed a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading to the rescue and escape of Senator Dino Melaye from lawful custody.