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Police Insist Dino Melaye Must Surrender

· SENATOR DINO MELAYE IS WANTED BY THE POLICE FOR
CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AND ATTEMPTED CULPABLE HOMICIDE, COMMITTED ON
19th JULY, 2018, WHEN SENATOR 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.
· POLICE OPERATIVES DEPLOYED TO ARREST SENATOR DINO
MELAYE IN HIS RESIDENCE WILL NOT RETREAT UNTIL SENATOR DINO MELAYE
SURRENDERS HIMSELF FOR ARREST AND INVESTIGATION.

Senator Dino Melaye is wanted by the Police for a case of
Criminal Conspiracy and Attempted Culpable Homicide, committed on
19th July, 2018, when Senator Dino Melaye and his armed thugs
attacked Police personnel; shot and wounded Sgt. Danjuma Saliu,
attached to 37 Police Mobile Force (PMF) on stop and search duty
along Aiyetoro Gbede, Mopa Road in Kogi State.

The Police operatives with a duly obtained Warrant of Arrest
deployed to arrest Senator Dino Melaye in his residence in Abuja
will not retreat until Senator Dino Melaye surrenders himself for
arrest and investigation.

It is on record that the Police investigators submitted a Letter
of Invitation dated 23rd July, 2018, signed by the Commissioner of
Police, Kogi State Police Command addressed to the Clerk, National
Assembly, Abuja, inviting Senator Dino Melaye to report on 26th
July, 2018 at 1100Hrs at the Kogi State Police Command, CIID,
Lokoja to answer to a case of Criminal Conspiracy and Attempted
Culpable Homicide against him under investigation in the Kogi State
Police Command. The claim by the Senate President in the Media that
the Police did not submit a letter of invitation to the Clerk of
the National Assembly is therefore incorrect as can be seen on
attached letter with acknowledgment stamp of the Clerk, National
Assembly, Abuja “24 JUL 2018“. Despite this, Senator Dino Melaye
bluntly refused to report himself to the Police till date.

For avoidance of doubt, attached to this Press Release are the
copies of pictures of the shot Police Officer, Sgt. Danjuma Saliu,
the Police Invitation Letter addressed to the Clerk of National
Assembly, Abuja and the Medical Report from the Federal Medical
Centre, Lokoja, Kogi State, confirming the admission of Sgt.
Danjuma Saliu into the Hospital for treatment of the gunshot injury
he sustained from the attack by Senator Dino Melaye and his armed
thugs while on Stop and Search duty along Aiyetoro Gbede, Mopa Road
in Kogi State on 19th July, 2018.

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 Force will ensure a thorough investigation into this matter
while making sure that the rule of law prevails and that no suspect
no matter how highly placed, involved in any criminal matter escape
justice.

Ag. DCP JIMOH MOSHOOD
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA