Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi west senatorial district in the National Assembly has arrived Lokoja, Kogi state.
Channels TV reports Melaye was conveyed in an ambulance by the police authorities and is due to his appearance in court later today, Thursday, May 3.
The senator who is presently at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) office in the north-central state is under the guard of armed policemen Federal High Court.
According to another report, the embattled Senator Dino Melaye later brought into the Lokoja Senior Magistrates’ court, 2, on a stretcher.
He was brought in a Toyota Hiace police ambulance bus with registration number NPF2214D.
It was learnt that some journalists who had laid siege to the courtroom were asked to step out for security screening.
The police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, said Senator Dino Melaye is safe in their custody and dismissed suggestions that the senator’s life was in danger.
He said Melaye was arraigned on charges that bordered on escaping lawful custody and attempted suicide for which he was bailed.
