Embattled Senator Dino Melaye was this Thursday arraigned before a Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court which ordered that he be remanded in police custody until June 11.

The embattled Senator who was granted a ₦90 million bail by a Wuse Magistrate Court in Abuja having met the bail condition, was re-arrested shortly after his release by men of the Nigeria Police.

According to a statement released by the Nigeria Police on Wednesday and signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, Melaye was re-arrested for his pending offences of criminal conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms and would be arraigned without further delay.

The statement read in part: “The Police investigation team re-arrested Senator Dino Melaye today, 2nd May 2018 after his arraignment at Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse for the pending offences of Criminal Conspiracy and Unlawful Possession of Prohibited Firearms already filed in a court of competent  jurisdiction in Lokoja for which he will be arraigned without further delay.”

In the Abuja case,the Police accused the senator of making an attempt to commit suicide by jumping out of a vehicle conveying him and falling to the ground, and thereby threatening to implicate the police for his possible death.

Melaye was also said to have resisted a further attempt by the police to re-arrest him with the help of some persons who allegedly threatened to injure the police officers if they tried to arrest him.

During Thursday’s proceedings, the Court ordered that Senator Melaye be remanded in police custody for 38 days pending the commencement of hearing in the suit brought against him and three others by the police for alleged gunrunning and kidnapping.

Melaye’s Counsel, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) had argued for Melaye’s bail but it was opposed by the Police Prosecuting Counsel, Alex Izinyon who insisted that the offences preferred against the senator were ordinarily not bailable.

Chief Magistrate Suleiman Abdullahi consequently denied the bail application and ordered that Senator Melaye be kept in police custody until June 11, 2018 when hearing in the case would commence.