SENATOR Dino Melaye (Kogi West) was on Thursday arraigned before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja for misinformation.

Melaye, arraigned on two count charges of giving false information about an assassination attempt on his life to the police in April 2017 pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The office of the Attorney General of the Federation filed the charges, marked CR/106/18 on January 31, 2018.

He was accused of falsely incriminating the Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Mr. Edward Onoja David, in the said assassination attempt.

The offences were said to be punishable under sections 140 and 393 of the Peal Code Law, Cap. 89, Laws of Northern Nigeria, 1963.

The lawmaker was granted bail after a plea application filed earlier by his lawyer, Mr. Rickey Tarfa (SAN).

The bail application, though was opposed by Mr. Shuaibu Labaran, the prosecuting counsel, the judge, Justice Olasunbo Goodluck, dismissed the opposition which she ruled was based on inadmissible affidavit evidence.

She therefore granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N100,000 with one surety who must be a federal civil servant of at least Grade Level 14 in any federal parastatal or establishment.

The surety must also provide proof to be a resident of the Federal Capital Territory.

Phelix01:
lolz, I don faint already

NwaNimo1:
100k bail?

Xyzee:
So arraigning Dino Malays is more important that searching for our missing school girls?
How far with the war against corruption? So you are more comfortable to parade DM for misiformation than parading those big and corrupt looters of our Commonwealth.

PMB is a colossal failure.

abdulrazat:
So the Federal government is now charging a Serving Senator to court for a Serving governor?

Talk about Misplaced priority and Vengeful Government...

RealGucci:
shift for me vip fainting

Xyzee:
So arraigning Dino Malays is more important that searching for our missing school girls?
How far with the war against corruption? So you are more comfortable to parade DM for misiformation than parading those big and corrupt looters of our Commonwealth.

PMB is a colossal failure.

weezii:
Ok. N100,000 bail charge for misinformation.

What of the wrong informations being passed by some members of the present administration? Or theirs will remain unpunished cos the Law isn't for them?

Also is a sitting senator supposed to be charged to court while still on seat? (Someone kindly clarify me on this)

Fellow countrymen, please go and register for ur voters card if you have none yet and let's vote wisely come 2019.