These are not the best of times for Senator Dino Melaye as he was on Thursday May 3rd, 2018 denied bail by a Senior Magistrate Court 2, in Lokoja, Kogi State.
Senator Dino Melaye being stretched to court
Ruling on the suit, Chief Magistrate Suleiman Abdulahi denied the bail application by Melaye’s counsel and ordered that he be kept in prison custody till June 11, 2018.
The senator who was arraigned before the magistrate court on charges of gunrunning, kidnapping, and others through his lawyer, Mike Ozokome asked for bail.
The police counsel, Alex Isihon however argued for Melaye’s detention pending the determination of the case. The lawmaker was brought into the court premises in an ambulance, at exactly 9.15am.