Dino Melaye surrenders, taken to hospital by police

Senator Dino Melaye has been admitted to hospital, hours after he
surrendered himself to a police team investigating a charge of attempted
culpable homicide.

The police revealed this Friday in a statement by spokesman Jimoh Moshood. He said the senator was in stable condition.

Moshood did not indicate the nature of the senator’s illness or in which hospital he is being treated.

Moshood said before Melaye was moved to the unidentified hospital, he
faced an interrogation by the police team probing his involvement in
alleged culpable homicide: the shooting of a policeman by thugs embedded
in a convoy of the senator on 19 July, 2018 in Kogi State.

Police claimed Melaye and his armed thugs attacked Police personnel,
shot and wounded SGT Danjuma Saliu on stop and search duty along
Aiyetoro Gbede, Mopa Road in Kogi State. 

“The Police Officer, Sgt. Danjuma Saliu, is yet to recover from the
gunshot injury he sustained during the attack and still under intensive
medical care in the hospital.

“The Police Investigation Team had since 28th December, 2018 at about
1000hrs arrived the residence of Senator Dino Melaye with a duly
obtained Warrant of Arrest to effect his arrest to answer to a case of
Criminal Conspiracy and Attempted Culpable Homicide against him under
investigation in the Kogi State Police Command. Senator Dino Melaye on
sighting the Police Team locked up himself in the building to evade
arrest. 

“The Warrant of Arrest was obtained after Senator Dino Melaye refused
to honour Police invitation dated 23rd July, 2018, signed by the
Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command addressed to the
Clerk, National Assembly, Abuja, inviting Senator Dino Melaye to report
on 26th July, 2018 at 1100Hrs at the Kogi State Police Command, CIID,
Lokoja to answer to a case of Criminal Conspiracy and Attempted Culpable
Homicide against him under investigation in the Kogi State Police
Command.

“The Police Investigation Team cordoned off the building and
continued to be in wait for eight days for Senator Dino Melaye to obey
the law and surrender himself for arrest. 

Melaye finally surrendered at 15.00 hours yesterday

.

“Investigation into the case of criminal conspiracy and attempted
culpable homicide against him is on-going.

The case will be taken to
court on completion of investigation”, Moshood said.