The senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Dino MELAYE, has been re-arraigned in a High Court of the federal capital territory (FCT).
This will be the 12th time the federal lawmaker had been arraigned in court since 2018 when he was first charged with lying to the police over an attempt to assassinate him.
At the court on Monday, the Sen. Melaye was re-arraigned for resisting arrest, “tweeting and speaking to journalists from hiding.”
In December last year, some police officers laid siege 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 allegedly arming thugs in Kogi.
However, the charges for which Sen. Melaye was arraigned in the court had been 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 on 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.
