Four days after a Federal Capital Territory High Court granted Senator Dino Melaye bail on health grounds following an application by his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Nigeria Police is yet to comply with order of the court.
Recall that Justice Yusuf Halilu, in a judgement on Friday 18th January, 2019 in Maitama, Abuja granted bail to Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, who is held in custody by the Police.
However, as at the time of filing this report, men of the Nigeria Police still have the Senator in there custody.
Reacting, Muhammad M. Muhammad of Justice and Freedom Watch, accused Police of playing ‘hide and seek’.
“The court judgment as obtained granting Sen Dino Melaye is clear and explicit enough for Nigerian police to understand and comply with. We consider this ploy by the Nigerian police as an affront, disturbing and insult to the nation’s judicial system and rule of law.
“As we speak, Nigerian police authority have seen and received the court order, instead of them to comply, some actors behind the Melaye’s ordeal are pressurizing the police to confront and disrespect the judiciary. This is unacceptable in a democratic setting, where police is expected to observe, respect and protect the rights of every citizen.
“The Nigerian Police is playing hide and seek in deliberate attempts to molest court orders. We call on other civil society organizations, Nigerian media, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) all democratic partners and Nigerians from all strata to rise up once again and defend the constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria from attempt to by Nigerian police to shred it,” he said.
