The police on Saturday said they had arrested six suspects in connection
with an assassination attempt on Sen. Dino Melaye in his home in Kogi
on April 15.
The Force Spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood, told newsmen in Abuja that the
arrested suspects included a Kogi local government sole administrator
and his orderly.
Moshood said that items recovered included one Hyundai Ambulance bus
allegedly used in conveying the attackers, five AK 47 rifles, One
Beretta pistol and two locally made single barrel shot guns.
Others were 25 expended shells of 7.62 mm ammunition, 13 expended shells
of 9mm ammunition and 12 expended shells of gauge cartridge.
Moshood said that the firearms had been sent for ballistic expert
examination, test and analysis at the Force Criminal Intelligence and
Investigation Department in Lagos.
He said that following the attack on Melaye, the Inspector-General of
Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris swiftly deployed Police Special Tactical Squad
(STS) team to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.
According to the police spokesman, the suspects used the telephone of
the Sole Administrator’s orderly in planning the failed assassination on
Melaye.
Moshood said one of the suspects had confessed to the crime and admitted to have been sent by the sole administrator.
“He was arrested with a serious criminal link to other active members of the gang,’’ said the Force spokesman.
He said efforts were being intensified to arrest other suspects at
large, adding that the suspects would be arraigned in court on
completion of investigation.
