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DEVELOPING STORY: Police anti-robbery squad traps Dino Melaye inside Abuja court


A Nigerian senator has held himself at a federal court in Abuja, in a concerted effort to prevent the police anti-robbery squad from arresting him.
The stand-off, which was underway as at 7:38 p.m. Thursday, came hours after Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, secured bail on perjury charges.
Mr. Melaye was arraigned on allegations that he provided false information to the police in an attempt to indict a senior official of Kogi State government. He was granted a N100,000 bail.


But he stayed behind inside the court to avoid the police arrest. Statutorily, a suspect who has been granted bail by a court and met the conditions cannot be arrested within the court premises by security personnel.

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