Police still want to arrest me after not releasing my International Passport – Melaye

The representative of Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, on Friday raised the alarm over the alleged refusal of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command to release his International Passport as ordered by the court.
On July 25, 2018, an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court ordered the Police to release Melaye’s International Passport to him.
This followed “a notice of discontinuance” filed by the prosecution in charge No: CR/12/18 in which he was standing trial before the Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja.
Melaye, who raised the alarm of kidnapping attempt last week, said the decision of the police not to release his International Passport is tantamount to contempt of court.
He added that series of letters his lawyers wrote to the Police to retrieve the passport were not honoured by the FCT Police Command, noting that apart from the letters, his lawyer also went personally to to retrieve the passport to no avail.
Melaye, who said that the Police earlier set a precedent when they released his passport to enable him go for medical treatment abroad, wondered what made the July 25, 2018 order difficult for them to comply with.
He said: “If a law enforcement agency will be the one breaking the law, how do you enforce the law. In a country under the rule of law, if an order of the court is given release this man’s passport, why would the court order not be obeyed. This buttresses the fact that the Police is still after me.
“Since April 22nd, 2018 the Police with drew my orderly. No politician has been so humiliated the way and manner I have been humiliated. The Police is still looking for me to arrest me over what I don’t know.
“I want to restate that the Police can only kill and injure the flesh, they cannot kill the spirit. I remain strong.”