Dino Melaye in court, gets bail
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senator dino melaye was on wednesday arraigned before the abuja high court sitting in apo by the police and was granted bail in the sum of n5 million1 the lawmaker was arraigned on a six count charge of attempted suicide escape from custody and damage of police property1 the prosecution counsel mr. alex izinyonu said melaye escaped from police custody on april 24 2018 after he broke the glass on the second window of a bus belonging to the police using his left elbow1 the lawmaker was said to have jumped into a waiting vehicle an action which the police say amounted to an offence punishable under section 327 of the penal code law1 he explained that the defendant while being conveyed in a police vehicle to lokoja forced his way out of the bus and escaped1 melaye who represents kogi west senatorial zone denied committing the offences1 the trial judge justice silvanus oriji granted him bail in the sum of n5 million1 oriji also ordered melaye to produce two sureties in like sum as part of the bail condition1 the judge also ordered that the sureties must be directors in the civil service who are resident in the fct and depose to affidavits of means1 senator melaye is among the all progressives congress apc senators that recently defected to the opposition peoples democratic party pdp1