Reports reaching ViewpointNigeria has it that Senator Dino Melaye who was arrested in the early hours of today (Monday the 23rd of April, 2018) by the Nigerian Immigration at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has been released.
Bases for his arrest was not revealed, but newsmen recalled that Police had declared him wanted following the arrest of suspected political thugs who implicated him in Kogi.
However, Senator Shehu Sani made it known to newsmen that the vibrant and eloquent Senator Melaye is back. In Sani’s words, “Dino is back home.”
The controversial Senator was arrested in the early hours of Monday the 23rd of April, on his way to Morocco for an official engagement sponsored by the Federal Government.
The Senator representing Kogi West was the first to make his arrest known when he said on his Twitter handle that he has just been arrested at the Abuja international airport.
Quoting his tweet at 7:32am on the 23rd of April 2018, the Senator said “I have just been arrested at the international wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe airport on my way to Morocco for an official engagement sponsored by the Federal Govt after checking in.”
In another tweet barely an hour later, Dino said, “Stopped from traveling and under arrest. No retreat no surrender. Talk we must.”
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