Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, has been arraigned before an Abuja High Court in Apo for attempted suicide, attempt to escape from lawful custody and damage of police property.
The lawmaker was arraigned on Wednesday, barely 24 hours after he defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Dino pleaded not guilty to the six-count charge preferred against him, and was subsequently granted bail in sum of N5 million and two sureties in like sum.
Justice Silvanus Orji, the presiding judge, also ordered that the sureties must be directors in the Civil Service and be residents of the Abuja.
The prosecuting counsel, Alex Izinyon, had told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offences on April 24.
He said the defendant, while being conveyed in a police vehicle to Lokoja, forced his way…
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