We won’t vacate Melaye’s residence until he surrenders — Police

The police high Command has vowed that its operatives drafted to keep vigil at Senator Dino Melaye’s residence in Abuja will not vacate the premises until they arrest him.
Force public relations officer, Jimoh Moshood, who made this known said the police operatives with a duly obtained warrant of arrest would not retreat until Melaye surrenders himself for arrest and investigation.

Jimoh, in a statement, said: “Senator Dino Melaye is wanted by the police for a case of criminal conspiracy and attempted culpable homicide committed on July 19, 2018, when Senator Dino Melaye and his armed thugs attacked police personnel shot and wounded Sgt. Danjuma Saliu, attached to 37 Police Mobile Force (PMF) on stop and search duty along Aiyetoro Gbede, Mopa Road in Kogi State.
“The police operatives with a duly obtained warrant of arrest deployed to arrest Melaye in his residence in Abuja will not retreat until Melaye surrenders himself for arrest and investigation.

“It is on record that the police investigators submitted a letter of invitation dated 23 July 23, 2018, signed by the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command addressed to the Clerk, National Assembly, Abuja, inviting Melaye to report on July 26, 2018, at 1100Hrs at the Kogi State Police Command, CIID, Lokoja, to answer to a case of criminal conspiracy and attempted culpable homicide against him under investigation in the Kogi State Police Command.

“The claim by the Senate President in the media that the police did not submit a letter of invitation to the clerk of the National Assembly is, therefore, incorrect as can be seen on attached letter with acknowledgment stamp of the clerk, National Assembly, Abuja ‘24 JUL 2018’. Despite this, Melaye bluntly refused to report himself to the police till date.
“For avoidance of doubt, attached to this press release are the copies of pictures of the shot police officer, Sgt. Danjuma Saliu, the police invitation Letter addressed to the Clerk of National Assembly, Abuja and the medical report from the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, Kogi State, confirming the admission of Saliu into the hospital for treatment of the gunshot injury he sustained from the attack by Melaye and his armed thugs while on stop and search duty along Aiyetoro Gbede, Mopa Road in Kogi State on July 19, 2018.

“Saliu is yet to recover from the gunshot injury he sustained during the attack and still under intensive medical care in the hospital. The Force will ensure a thorough investigation into this matter while making sure that the rule of law prevails and that no suspect no matter how highly placed involved in any criminal matter escape justice.”