by Dolapo Adelana

The Kogi State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested seven persons in connection with the assassination attempt on Senator Dino Melaye at his country home Aiyetoro-Gbede last Saturday, The Nation reports.

According to a police source, a black Jeep suspected to have been used during the operation has been found. The vehicle was discovered alongside a cache of ammunition at the Odokoro home of the administrator of Ijumu local government area of the state, Taofiq Isa, by the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).

The source added that the suspects were arrested at different locations, while the black jeep and the ammunition have been impounded by the state police command.