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The Federal Government on Wednesday requested a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama to revoke the bail it granted to Senator Dino Melaye over an allegation of false alarm.
Melaye (APC-Kogi West) was arraigned earlier than the courtroom in March for allegedly giving flawed info to the police about an assassination try on his life on in April 2017.
He was stated to have falsely implicated one Edward David, the Chief of Staff to the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
At the proceedings on Wednesday, the federal authorities stated it was making use of that the bail granted the lawmaker be revoked as a result of he was absent in courtroom for the graduation of listening to on the 2 felony costs most well-liked towards him by the workplace of the Attorney General of the Federation.
The prosecution lawyer, Labaran Shuaibu, prayed the courtroom to, within the various, summon the one that stood surety for Senator Melaye to look and present trigger why he shouldn't be dedicated to jail for the absence of the defendant.
Shuaibu famous that whereas the lawmaker might have perfected the circumstances for his bail, he should be current in courtroom, as the federal government has 4 witnesses to testify towards him.
In rely one of many counts, Melaye was accused of constructing a false assertion of info in a telephone dialog with Mohammed Abubakar, a son of the late former governor of Kogi State, Abubakar Audu, with the intention of tarnishing David’s popularity.
The authorities, on its half, famous that the offence was punishable underneath sections 140 and 393 of the Penal Code Law, Cap. 89, Laws of Northern Nigeria, 1963.