The federal
government has filed a two-count charge against Senator Dino Melaye for
allegedly giving false information to the police in relation to claim in April
17 of an attempt on his life.
The charge marked: CR/106/18 was filed on
January 31 this year before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in
Maitama by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).
Melaye is, in the charge, accused of falsely
incriminating the Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Edward
Onoja David, in his assassination attempt claim.
Melaye, who is the Senator representing Kogi
East Senatorial District, was accused, in count one, of deliberately
giving false information to the police to frame Governor Bello’s Chief of
Staff as the mastermind of the assassination attempt on him at his
hometown in Ayetoro-Gbede in Kogi State in April last year.
According to the charge, the police discovered
the alleged falsehood in Melaye’s claim while investigating the Senator’s
allegation that some individuals attempted to assassinate him.
In the second count, Melaye was accused of
making false statement of facts in a phone conversation with Mr. Mohammed Abudu
Abubakar, a son of the late former governor of Kogi State Abubakar Audu, with
the intention of harming the reputation of David.
In the charge, Melaye’s alleged offences are
said to be punishable under sections 140 and 393 of the Peal Code Law, Cap. 89,
Laws of Northern Nigeria, 1963.
Melaye was said to have told Abubakar, son of a former Kogi
State Governor, in a telephone conversation how he framed Edward Onoja David in
the assassination attempt.
He was also said to have made the false claim
in the statement he made to the police on April 17, 2017 during police’s
investigation into the alleged attempt to assassinate him. No date is set yet
for his arraignment.
- The Nation
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