In your own interest, be present in court May 10, Police warns Dino Melaye
*To re-arraign Kogi West Senator, 4 re-arrested suspected criminals
The Nigeria Police Force has warned Kogi West Senator, Mr. Dino Melaye, as it says it will re-arraign him and the four suspects rearrested for alleged conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms at the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi on May 10.
The suspects are: Kabiru Seidu, 31, alias Osama, Nuhu Salisu, 25, alias small, Musa Mohammed, 27, alias Iko and Emmanuel Audu, 26.
The Kogi State Police Command had on May 28 announced the escape from lawful custody of six suspects including Seidu and Salisu.
Four of the escapee suspected criminals were however announced to have been rearrested on March 30.
The Force Spokesman, ACP Jimoh Moshood, who made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on the arrest of four of the six suspects on Tuesday in Abuja, said two of the suspects were still at large.
Moshood said that Seidu and Salisu who were principal suspects were rearrested in Tafa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State and Ganaja Village, Lokoja, Kogi.
The spokesman said that the six accomplice in the case arrested by the police would be prosecuted with the six rearrested suspects.
The suspects are: John Beneche, 22, Seye Atowoju, 27 Danjuma Yunusa, 35 , Egga Ochai, 50 Abbas Haruna, 30 and Gloria Audu, 28.
He said that the suspects would be arraigned in court for prosecution on completion of investigation.
Moshood warned that the police would not relent in its efforts to check activities of unscrupulous politicians, adding that they must play the game according to the rules.
He commended members of the public for giving the police timely information that aided the re-arrest of the suspects.
The spokesman said that the force’s fight against crimes and criminality in the country remained unequivocal and unwavering and told Melaye to, in his own interest, make himself available in court on May 10 as, according to him, since he does not fall within public officer covered by immunity, the police would do the needful if he fails to show up in court.
Seidu had confessed that Melaye handed over to him a bag containing one AK47 rifle, two Pump Action guns and N430,000.00 to share with his boys.
It would be recalled that Senator Dino Melaye, instead of making answering to the summons of the Police, had taken to crying out aloud to the International Communities to come and rescue him from the government and police of Nigeria over what many watchers of event described as simple matter of “just making yourself available to the police to clear yourself or the allegation of illegal possession weapons and gun running against you by arrested armed political thugs who confessed to be responsible for attempted distabilisation of Kogi State, armed robbery incidents and kidnapping issues across the state”.
