The Senator representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye was rearrested yesterday at a hospital in Abuja on the after he injured himself while attempting to escape from a moving police fan taking him to Lokoja.
The senator had been taken to a hospital in Abuja to treat his injuries sustained from his attempted escape from custody.
He had maintained that he should not be taken to Lokoja for arraignment, saying his security cannot be guaranteed there, prevailing on the police to transfer his case to Abuja.
Melaye has a longstanding political feud with Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State whom he believes is behind his police ordeal.
The lawmaker had earlier been declared wanted by the Police in respect to a murder case.
Below is the video of the attempted escape of the Senator from a moving van
The Police have since released a statement in respect to the attempted escape of the embattled senator.
PRESS RELEASE
ESCAPE FROM LAWFUL CUSTODY AND
RE-ARREST OF SEN. DINO MELAYE.
At about 1200Hrs 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 (2) 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.
2. The Police team re-enforced and trailed Senator Dino Melaye to Zankli Hospital, Abuja where he was re-arrested. The Senator would be arraigned in court without further delay.
3. 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.
4. 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.
ACP JIMOH MOSHOOD
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS