A Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed charges of alleged resistance to arrest filed against Senator Dino Melaye.
Justice Yusuf Halilu struck out the charges on Tuesday for “lack of diligent prosecution”.
The police had on January 22, 2019, arraigned Melaye on eight counts of alleged conspiracy, resistance to arrest, failure to honour police invitation and intentionally giving false information to the public.
The former Kogi West legislator, the police alleged, conspired with a man named Silas Omenka on December 28, 2018, to obstruct lawful arrest.
They also alleged that the former senator made a post on Twitter, claiming that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had planned to arrest and inject him to death, an allegation which the police claimed to be false but done with the intention of inciting the public against the police.
The case file was later moved to the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation for further prosecution.
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