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Suspects in assassination attempt on Melaye get bail


Kogi High Court on Monday granted bail to five accused persons, including the Administrator of Ijumu Local Government,Alhaji Taufiq Isah, charged with attempt toassassinate Sen. Dino Melaye. Sen. Dino Melaye
Justice Arome Akogwu, in granting the bail in Lokoja, said the three weeks the accused spent in custody was far beyond the period allowed by the Constitution. Akogwu also said the accused, through their counsel, A.M. Aliyu (SAN), in his oral
application for bail, had undertaken to attend their trial adding that the
prosecuting counsel did not object to the presumption of innocence pleaded by Aliyu. The judge, therefore, expressed satisfaction
with the submission of the defence counsel and granted bail to each of the accused in the sum of N1 million with a reliable surety who must be a senior civil servant in the state in like sum. He adjourned hearing in the case No.HCL/58c/2017 between the Inspector General of Police and Alhaji Taufiq Isah and four others.

Earlier, the lead prosecuting counsel, ACP Lough Simon arraigned the council boss with Ade Obege, Abdullahi Isah, Michael Bamidele and Ahmed Ajayi on a five-count charge of conspiracy to commit culpable homicide punishable with death on April 14. Simon said Isah committed the offence of abetment contrary to section 83 and punishable under Section 91 of the Penal Code. According to him, Isah authorised otheraccused persons along with one Abdulmumuni with multiple nicknames including, ”Iron, Osama, Okene, Lukman and Lie Down Flat”, on April 14, to use the
ambulance of General Hospital, Iyara for the operation to kill Melaye and his household. The accused were also said to have while acting in concert and armed with guns attempted to commit culpable homicide punishable with death by firing guns severally at the house and rooms of Melaye inside the house with his family and security aides contrary to and punishable under Section 229 of the Penal
Code. Other offences include causing wrongful damage to the properties of the senator, including vehicles, walls and glasses when they allegedly shot at the said properties contrary to section 326 and punishable under section 327 of the penal code. He added that two of the accused, Michael Bamidele and Ahmed Ajayi were in possession of firearms (one locally made gun each) without licence contrary to
section 27(1)(a) of the Fire Arms Act CAP F28 LFN 2004.
The prosecuting counsel opposed the bail application by the defence counsel on the ground that it was oral but the judge overruled the submission and upheld the bail application. Mwlaye recently raised
alarm that he was attacked by gunmen when he visited his country home. Source : vanguard news

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