Following the arraignment of Senator Dino Melaye by the Nigerian police force before an Abuja High Court sitting in Apo on Wednesday, he has been granted bail.
Dino was arraigned on six counts bordering on attempted suicide, attempt to escape from custody and damage of police property. He has been granted a bail of N5m.
According to the prosecution counsel, Alex Izinyonu, Melaye escaped from police custody on April 24, 2018, after he broke the glass on the second window of a bus belonging to the Police, using his left elbow.
The lawmaker was said to have jumped into a waiting vehicle, an action which the Police says amounted to an offence punishable under section 327 of the Penal Code Law. He said the defendant while being conveyed in a police vehicle to Lokoja, forced his way out of the bus and escaped.
Melaye, however, denied committing the offences and the trial judge, Silvanus Oriji granted him bail in the sum of N5million.
Melaye was also ordered to produce two sureties in like sum, as part of the bail condition. He ordered that the sureties must be directors in the civil service, reside in the FCT, and depose to affidavits of means.
