Finally, Dino Melaye surrenders to police

The Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, whose Maitama Abuja home had been besieged by the police in the last eight days, has handed himself over to the authorities.

The lawmaker who last week told journalists he was out of Abuja when the siege began was apparently in the house.

He opened the door of the house himself on Friday afternoon in the presence of police operatives and some senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

While coming out of the house, the senator slumped to the floor and was later assisted onto his feet.

He was thereafter taken to the office of the IGP Intelligence Response Squad (IRT) in Guzape, Abuja.

Mr Melaye wilfully made himself available to police, one of his friends, Bode Gbadebo, told Premium Times Friday afternoon.

From his account, Mr Melaye was visited by some colleague lawmakers around 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, alongside his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome.