A Federal High Court sitting in Minna, the Niger State
Capital, has ordered that the Chief of Army Staff, General Farouk Yahaya, be
arrested for contempt.
Justice Halima Abdulmalik, who issued the warrant and
presided over the case, said the order followed notice brought before the court
in pursuant of order forty-two rule ten of the Niger State High Court Civil
Procedure 2018.
The judge ruled that the order is commuting Yahaya to be
kept in Minna correctional custody for contentions of order of the court on
October 12, 2022, adding that the COAS is to remain in custody till he has been
“purged” of the contempt.
Also, the judge issued that the Commandant Training and
Doctrine Command, Minna, Major General Olugbenga Olabanji, be arrested and
imprisoned for a similar offense.
Justice Abdulmalik then adjourned the case to December 8 for
continuation.
FACTUAL NAIJA NEWS had reported that on November 29 a
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja sentenced the Inspector General of Police,
Usman Baba, to three months in prison for disobeying a court order.
The IGP’s committal followed a suit that was filed by a
police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from
the Nigerian Police Force.
The court also ordered the payment of N10 million to the
applicant, being special and general damages for the unlawful, illegal and
unconstitutional denial of his (Patrick’s) rights and privileges as a Senior
Officer of the Nigeria Police Force from 1993 till date.