Police Spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood, on
Saturday, told newsmen in Abuja that six
suspects in connection with an
assassination attempt on Senator Dino
Melaye in his home in Kogi on April 15,
2017 have been arrested. 
He confirms 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.
According to the police spokesman, the
suspects used the telephone of the Sole
Administrator’s orderly in planning the failed
assassination on Melaye. He also said one
of the suspects had confessed to the crime
and admitted to have been sent by the sole
administrator. 
The firearms recovered have been sent for
ballistic expert examination, test and
analysis at the Force Criminal Intelligence
and Investigation Department in Lagos.
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