We Obtained Court Warrant To Detain Melaye Till Jan 23 – Police

* We Moved Melaye To DSS Facility For Further Medical
Attention

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says the reason behind the
movement of Senator Dino Melaye, representative of Kogi West
District at the National Assembly, from the Police Hospital to the
medical facility of the Department of State Security Services
(DSS), was to for further medical examination to confirm his claims
that he still wasn’t well.

Jimoh Moshood, the Force Public Relations Officer, disclosed
this in a press statement made available to journalists in Abuja on
Friday.

According to the Police, the lawmaker had been certified “well
and healthy” by the Police Hospital, but since he had insisted he
wasn’t well, he was brought to the DSS medical facility for further
medical attention.

The statement read: “Senator Dino Melaye, under
investigation and currently in Police custody on a fourteen (14)
day remand warrant obtained from the Federal Capital Territory
(FCT) High Court on 9th January, 2019, for the offence 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 on stop-and-search
duty along Aiyetoro Gbede, Mopa Road in Kogi State, has been taken
to another government hospital for further medical attention.

“Senator Dino Melaye was taken for medical attention at the
Police Clinic, Abuja, after he surrendered himself for arrest on
4th January, 2019. The Police medical team at the Police Hospital,
Abuja certified that Senator Dino Melaye is well and healthy to
stand trial after treating him. However, due to the complaint from
Senator Dino Melaye that he is not well, the Police Investigation
Team has taken him this afternoon to another government hospital,
DSS Medical Facility in Abuja, for further medical attention.

“The Police Investigation Team obtained a Fourteen (14) day
Remand Warrant from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court
on 9th January, 2019, to keep Senator Dino Melaye in Police Custody
for investigation into the case of criminal conspiracy and
attempted culpable homicide against him till 23rd January,
2019.”

Moshood denied reports that Melaye was arrested by masked men
and taken to an undisclosed location.

He added that Sgt. Danjuma Saliu who sustained gunshots injuries
during the attack is yet to recover and still under intensive
medical care in the hospital, adding that Melaye will be prosecuted
along with other suspects on completion of investigation.