Melaye was on Thursday refused bail by a Senior Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lokoja over a seven-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy and illegal possession of fire arms
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Unlike when he was arraigned at an Abuja High Court over false information, which saw no fewer than 11 senators accompanying him to court, none of his colleagues was present on Thursday at his arraignment before a Magistrate Court in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital
Dogara made the call at the plenary on Thursday in Abuja after a personal explanation was raised by Hon. Sunday Karimi drawing the attention of the House to Dino’s plight.
Melaye was ordered remanded in prison by a Magistrate Court in Lokoja, Kogi State
A statement on Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, had hinted of Melaye’s arraignment
Melaye’s arraignment followed his discharge from the National Hospital, where the police had sequestered him since last week Tuesday
The Eagle Online recalls that Idris has refused to appear before the Senate the two times he has so far been summoned, rather sending the Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations), Joseph Habila
The Senate had last week invited Idris over the saga involving the representative of Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye.
Miliki, who is the Executive Director, Centre for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lokoja.
Why is the politics of “Ajekun iya ni oje” becoming so disruptive, dissembling, shameful, debasing and numbing all your expected pretence to decorum and decency? You constitute yourself as the outlaw and talking head of the National Assembly. You have vexed our common decency with your ugly relapse to primitivism at every opportunity
Ametuo, who stated this in a statement issued in Lokoja on Sunday on the botched recall process, expressed delight that the efforts had come to a premature end through the collective will of the people of Kogi West Senatorial District.
Melaye, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Sunday, also thanked the political leaders, elders and traditional rulers in Kogi West Senatorial District for “rescuing him from his political enemies”
The result of the verification, released early on Sunday in Lokoja by the Independent National Electoral Commission, showed that 39,285 of the signatories were verified, out of which only 18,762 signatures were genuine
Melaye was at the National Hospital in Abuja while the exercise held
A NAN Correspondent who monitored the verification exercise reports that between 70 per cent and 80 per cent of the petitioners in all the 10 wards in the council failed to come out to verify their signatures
The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent, who monitored the exercise, which started at 8.00 a.m. in the two local governments reports that less than 20 per cent of petitioners had come out as at mid-day.
Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria monitoring the exercise in Melaye’s Kogi West Senatorial District, observed that the polling units were empty, with many people claiming that they were not aware of it.
Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria monitoring the exercise in the Kogi capital, report that most of the polling units were empty, with some people claiming that they were not aware of the exercise.
This followed the emergence of fact that plans have been concluded to emasculate him by giving him the “Atiku treatment” and arresting his associates and aides by anti-graft agencies, especially the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Idris said this against the background of the rejection of his representative, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations), Joseph Habilla, at a summon extended to him by the Senate on the Melaye saga