Senator Dino Melaye has beem slammed with a nine-count charge that borders on lying and resisting arrest.
The new charges were filed after the senator fulfilled the bail
conditions a high court in Abuja granted him on Friday. In the charge
sheet, 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 assault. 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 CodeCOUNT 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.