Dino Melaye finally arrived Kogi, arraigned, denied bail by Lokoja court
*To spend 38 days in police custody
Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the Senate, Mr. Dino Melaye, may have survived recall by his people. He is however not free yet as more troubles loom ahead for the 8th Assembly unarguably loudest Senator believed generally to be the megaphone of the sitting Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
He was finally moved to Lokoja, the Kogi State capital on Thursday, where he was arraigned at a magistrate court in Lokoja along three others.
The embattled Senator was however not admitted to bail as the court ordered he should be remanded in Police custody for the next 38 days pending the commencement of hearing in the suit brought by police against him and three others.
The Senator, whose arraignment was on charges of gunrunning, kidnapping, amidst others, had through his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, argued for bail.
The prosecution counsel, Alex Isihon, who sought for his imprisonment pending the determination of the case, had earlier argued that the case against Dino is ordinary and not bailable.
Ruling on the suit, Chief Magistrate Suleiman Abdulahi denied the bail application and asked him to be kept in prison custody till June 11, 2018.
Two suspects had earlier this year implicated the Senator as their financier and suppliers of gun to kidnap, rob, and cause political mayhem in the state.
