The police have slammed a nine-count charge on Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west.
The charges border on lying and resisting arrest.
They were filed after the senator fulfilled the bail conditions a high court in Abuja granted him on Friday.
In the charge sheet seen by TheCable, one Silas Omenka was named as a defendant in the suit filed by the police.
It
is unclear who Omenka is and the role he played during the 8-day siege
laid to the Abuja residence of the lawmaker. The siege ended on January 4
when Melaye surrendered to the police.
The senator had been
accused of culpable homicide. The police alleged that in July, his
supporters shot one Danjuma Saliu, an officer in Kogi state.
Below are the charges:
COUNT ONE
That
you Senator Dino Melaye ‘m’ 45 yrs, representing Kogi West Senatorial
District in the Eight National Assembly and Silas Omenka ‘m‘ 38 yrs of
Opposite Deeper Life Church, Kabayi, Mararaba, Nasarawa State on or
about the 28th December 2018 at about 1030hrs, at No. 11 Sangha Street,
Off Mississipi Maitama Abuja under the jurisdiction of this Honourable
Court did conspire among yourself to commit an offence to wit: illegal
obstruction of lawful arrest and thereby committed an offence contrary
to Section 97 of the Penal Code.
COUNT TWO
That you
Senator Dino Melaye ‘m’ 45 yrs, representing Kogi West Senatorial
District in the Eight National Assembty on or about the 28‘“ December
2018 at about 1030hrs at No. 11 Sangha Street. Off Mississipi Maitama
Abuja, under the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did intentionally
offered resistance to your lawful arrest, when a team of Police
detectives with a duly signed Warrant of Arrest got to your residence at
No. 11 Sangha Street, Off Mississipi Maitama Abuja to effect your
arrest for the offences of criminal conspiracy and attempted culpable
homicide and illegal possession of prohibited firearms and thereby
committed an offence punishable under Section 172 of the Penal Code.
COUNT THREE
That
you Silas Omenka ‘m’ 38 yrs of Opposite Deeper Life Church, Kabayi,
Maraba, Nasarawa State on or about the 28th December 2018 at about
1030hrs, under the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did
intentionally offered illegal obstruction to the lawful arrest of
Senator Dino Melaye for the offences of criminal conspiracy and
attempted culpable homicide and illegal possession of prohibited
firearms when a team of Police detectives with a duly signed Warrant of
Arrest got to his residence at No. 11 Sangha Street, Off Mississipi
Maitama Abuja to effect his arrest by locking the entrance gate and
pushed the Detectives with entrance gate with an intention to obstruct
the Detectives from gaining entrance to effect the arrest of Senator
Dino Melaye and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 171 of
the Penal Code
COUNT FOUR
That you Senator Dino Melaye ‘m‘
45 yrs, representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the Eight
National Assembly on or about the 24th July, 2018 at about 1200hrs at
No. 11 Sangha Street, Off Mississipi Maitama Abuja under the
jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did intentionally and without
reasonable cause refuse to honour and attend Police invitation written
and signed on 23rd of July, 2018 by the Commissioner of Police Kogi
State command served on you through the Clerk of the National Assembly
Three Arms Zone Central Business District Abuja to report at the Office
of the Deputy Commissioner of Police Kogi State Command in respect of a
case of Criminal Conspiracy and attempted Culpable Homicide and thereby
committed an offence punishable under Section 136 of the Penal Code.
COUNT FIVE
That
you Senator Dino Melaye ‘m’ 45 yrs, representing Kogi West Senatorial
District in the Eight National Assembly on or about the 28th December,
2018 at about 1700hrs at No 11 Sangha Street, Off Mississipi Maitama
Abuja under the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did intentionally
inform the public through a telephone conversation when a team of Police
detectives with a duly signed Warrant of Arrest got to your residence
at No. 11 Sangha Street, Off Mississipi Maitama Abuja to effect your
arrest which was aired on Channels television that you were outside
Abuja and that you will make yourself available as soon as you are back
to Abuja whereas you were at Abuja, an information you know to be false
and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 138 of the
Penal Code.
COUNT SIX
That you Senator Dino Melaye ‘m‘ 45
yrs, representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the Eight National
Assembly on or about the 28th December, 2018 at about 1030hrs at No. 11
Sangha Street, Off Mississipi Maitama Abuja under the jurisdiction of
this Honourable Court did intentionally inform the public through a
telephone conversation when a team of Police detectives with a duly
signed Warrant of Arrest got to your residence at No. 11 Sangha Street,
Off Mississipi Maitama Abuja to effect your arrest which was aired on
Channels television that you were outside Abuja and that you will make
yourself available as soon as you are back to Abuja whereas you were at
Abuja and knowing it to be likely acted upon by the Police, which would
have if acted upon prevented your arrest and pave way for your escape
from arrest and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section
140 of the Penal Code.
COUNT SEVEN
That you Senator Dino
Melaye ‘m’ 45yrs, representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the
Eight National Assembly on or about the 28th December, 2018 at about
1100hrs at your residence at No 11 Sangha Street, Off Mississippi
Maitama Abuja under the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did
intentionally inform the public on tweeter that the Police Detectives
are trying to plant guns in your cars outside, an information you know
to be false and having reason to believe that such imputation will harm
the reputation of the Police and you thereby committed an offence
punishable under Section 392 of the Penal Code.
COUNT EIGHT
That
you Senator Dino Melaye ‘m’ 45 yrs, representing Kogi West Senatorial
District in the Eight National Assembly on or about the 25th December,
2018 at about 1300hrs at No. 11 Sangha Street, Off Mississipi Maitama
Abuja under the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did intentionally
with intent to excite feeling of disaffection by the public against the
members of the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector General of Police
twitted that the Inspector General of Police has planned to arrest and
inject you to death and that the Inspector General of Police has
deployed Commissioner of Police (CP) Kogi State Command to carry out the
plan an information you know to be false and against the Administration
of Justice in Nigeria, thereby committed an offence punishable under
Section 416 of the Penal Code.
COUNT NINE
That you Senator
Dino Melaye ‘m’ 45 yrs, representing Kogi West Senatorial District in
the Eight National Assembly on or about the 25th December, 2018 at about
1300hrs at No. 11 Sangha Street, Off Mississipi Maitama Abuja under the
jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did intentionally make a false
statement that the Inspector General of Police has planned to arrest and
inject you to death and that the Inspector General of Police has
deployed Commissioner of Police (CP) Kogi State Command to carry out the
plan an information knowing or having reason to believe that such
injurious falsehood will harm the reputation of the person of the
Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris and thereby committed
an offence punishable under Section 393 of the Penal Code.
Source:- Thecableng
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