Sen. Melaye, Hon. Jagaba join PDP
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the senator landed in the national hospital after jumping out of a moving police vehicle on tuesday april 242 the police confirmed that melaye was arrested for his pending offences of criminal conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms1 he caused the commotion after weeks of being away from the senate chambers1 melaye resumed plenary and asked to be moved from the ruling all progressives congress apc side of the chamber to the opposition1 he sought senate president bukola sarakis permission to leave his allotted seat and move to the side of pdp members at the senate chamber1 he specifically asked that he wants to sit beside the former senate president david mark an indication of carpet crossing1 according to senator melaye his reason for wanting a change of seat is because his present seat is no longer comfortable after his ordeal with the police and his health issues1 but the lawmakers from the ruling apc kicked against the move by senator melaye arguing that his action was against the constitution1 meanwhile the opposition lawmakers welcomed the change of seat by senator dino melaye1 the decision of melaye came barely 24 hours after prince dayo adeyeye one of the aspirants for the governorship ticket of pdp in ekiti state dumped the party to join the all progressives congress apc1 in preparation for his change of seats melaye raised a point of order and thanked his colleagues members of the house of representatives his constituents and the nigerian populace for standing by him during his travails with the senate1 he thanked the leadership of the peoples democratic party pdp for their support1 melayes travail started when he refused to appear before the police to answer to accusations by some arrested suspects who alleged that the senator supplied them with arms and ammunition1 the senator had had persistently refused to appear before the police on invitation but was later arrest and jumped out of the police vehicle that was taking him to lokoja to appear1 senator dino melaye apc-kogi west and hon. adams jagaba representing apc in kachakagarko in kaduna may have defected to peoples democratic party pdp1 embattled melaye announced his preference for a seat on the side of the senators of the opposition pdp an indication of defection at the plenary on wednesday causing rowdy session1 he was granted bail in the sum of n90 million by the wuse magistrates court1 he was re-arrested after perfecting the bail1 according to the police the investigation team re-arrested melaye on may 2 2018 after his arraignment at chief magistrate court wuse for the pending offences of criminal conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms already filed in a court of competent jurisdiction in lokoja for which he will be arraigned without further delay1 mr. jimoh moshood force pro said that melaye was arraigned at the wuse magistrates court for criminal conspiracy causing damage to government property attempted suicide and escape from lawful custody1 melayes arraignment according to the police was subsequent to his discharge from the national hospital after he was confirmed fit for trial1 melaye was also arraigned before a lokoja chief magistrates court1 the lawmaker is currently on bail1 jagabas defection was contained in a letter read by the speaker of the house of representatives hon. yakubu dogara. he had on may 7 announced his defection in kaduna1 chairman house of representatives committee on interior jagaba who had earlier in the month defected to pdp is currently having a running battle with kaduna state governor mr. nasir el-refuai and his former party apc1 the official announcement of his defection did not come as a surprise1 officially decamped to the today in a ceremony that held at zonkwa in southern kaduna kaduna state. welcome home the peoples honourable. goodbye to the brooms the umbrella is large enough1 kuyet simon karick @karickskuyet1 he announced his defection in his twitter handle on may 7. he defected at a ceremony that held at zonkwa in southern kaduna but was officially announced on wednesday1 thanks for coming1 jagaba adams jagaba @adamsjagaba1