Many erupted in laughter at a
high court in Abuja on Thursday when Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi
west, displayed a bottle of coke, tissue paper, toothbrush and toothpaste to
journalists after he was arraigned.
The federal government arraigned
Melaye on a two-count charge.
The senator was accused of
deliberately giving false information to the police to frame Edward David,
chief of staff of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, for an attempted murder
on his life.
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.
Melaye was granted bail in the
sum of N100,000 by Olasumbo Goodluck, the judge handling the matter.
But speaking with journalists
after the bail, Melaye said he came prepared in case he was not granted bail.
“I came prepared… just in case
the judge didn’t grant me bail, I am ready to go to prison,” Melaye said.
His trial will commence on May 16
and May 17.
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