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Nigeria Police force have detailed the reasons for Senator Dino Melaye’s arrest after he surrendered to personnel in his Abuja residence on Friday.

The Police had laid a seven day seige on Melaye’s residency to effect his arrest over a case of criminal Conspiracy and attempted culpable homicide.

A statement signed by the Force public relations officer, Jimoh Moshood on Friday
confirmed that “on 19th July, 2018, Dino Melaye and his armed thugs attacked Police personnel, shot and wounded SGT Danjuma Saliu on stop and search duty along Aiyetoro Gbede, Mopa Road in Kogi State”

“The Police Officer, Sgt. Danjuma Saliu, is yet to recover from the gunshot injury he sustained during the attack and still under intensive medical care in the hospital”, the statement noted.

This led to the issuance of an arrest warrant to convict Melaye for his crimes on 28th December 2018 and bring him to the Kogi State Police Command for further investigations.

However, Melaye on sighting the Police Team locked himself in his residence to evade arrest.

Giving further details of the arrest, the statement noted that “The Police Investigation Team cordoned off the building and continued to be in wait for eight (8) days for Senator Dino Melaye to obey the law and surrender himself for arrest.

“While the Police Investigation Team was waiting, Senator Dino Melaye granted an interview monitored on Television Stations that he was not in Abuja. This claim eventually was discovered to be completely false as Senator Dino Melaye surrendered to the waiting Police Investigation Team today at his residence in Abuja”

The Police also confirmed that Melaye who is in Police custody has received medical care and the case against him would be taken to court for completion.