Senator Dino Melaye has been rushed to Zankli Hospital, Abuja, where he is receiving treating following a daring escape Tuesday afternoon from police custody when he was being conveyed to Lokoja, Kogi State, to be paraded by the police.
Melaye had given himself up to the police Tuesday morning after a 20-hour stand off at his Maitama home.
The police subsequently announced that he was being moved to Lokoja.
It was during the move that the senator, representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, was said to have jumped out of a moving police vehicle in Garki Area 1, Abuja, and fled from the police.
By jumping from the moving vehicle, he was said to have sustained injuries and is now being treated at the hospital.
Embattled Senator Dino Melaye has been admitted to Zankli hospital in the Mabushi district of Abuja after getting injured when he allegedly jumped off a police vehicle conveying him to court in Lokoja, Kogi state.
The hospital ambulance brought him to the hospital around 4:25 pm, after which he was admitted to the emergency unit.
Mr Melaye is wanted over his alleged involvement in the supply of arms to some political thugs arrested in Kogi State.
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The senator who represents Kogi west was on Tuesday morning arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police (IGP’s) Monitoring Unit in Abuja, after driving himself to the office of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS).
Recall that the lawmaker was detained and later released at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his way to Morroco on Monday morning.
Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP,told newsmen at the premises of Zanklin Hospital, where the senator is receiving treatment following the development, said Dino escaped around Area 1 area of the Federal Capital Territory. According to him, men believed to be working for him got wind of the police movement and waylaid the police vehicle carrying him around the Area 1 area with their vehicle after which the senator jumped down and bolted away in the process.
