The Nigerian Police has insisted
that they would dock Senator Dino Melaye ‘without any delay’, after re-arresting
him from an Abuja hospital today.
In a statement on Tuesday night,
Police confirmed an earlier report that Melaye, escaped from lawful custody
when ‘miscreants and hoodlums’ blocked a police vehicle conveying him to Lokoja
to face trial.
According to Police Spokesman,
ACP Jimoh Moshood, the “hoodlums and miscreants” in two Toyota Hilux vehicles
blocked the Police vehicle conveying Senator Dino Melaye around Area 1 Round
About, Abuja.
“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 statement reads in full: “At
about 12:00Hrs 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 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 reinforced 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.”
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