BREAKING: Court Sends Chief of Army Staff General Faruk Yahaya to Prison, Gives Reason

• Justice Halima Abdulmalik of the high court in Minna, Niger state, has ordered the arrest of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Faruk Yahaya
• The judge also ordered that the Commandant Training and Doctrine Command, Minna, Major General Olugbenga Olabanji, be arrested
• Justice Halima ruled against the top military chiefs for contempt of the court and ordered that they should be kept in prison until they purge themselves of the contempt

Minna, Niger state - A high court in Minna, the Niger state capital, has reportedly issued a warrant of arrest on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Faruk Yahaya, for contempt.

Channels TV reported that the presiding judge, Justice Halima Abdulmalik, also ordered the arrest of the Commandant Training and Doctrine Command, Minna, Major General Olugbenga Olabanji, for a similar offence.

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COAS Faruk Yahaya, Olugbenga Olabanji to be sent to prison

Justice Abdulmalik ruled that the order is commuting COAS Yahaya and Olabanji to be kept in Minna correctional custody for contempt of the court's order issued on Wednesday, October 12.

According to her, the two suspects are to remain in custody until they purge themselves of the contempt.

Legit.ng gathers that the order followed upon hearing on the motion on notice brought before the court in pursuant to order forty-two rule ten of the Niger State High Court Civil procedure 2018.

Justice Abdulmalik then adjourned the case to Thursday, December 8, for continuation.

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In a similar development, Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Abuja, recently sentenced the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, to three months in prison for disobeying a court order. The judge issued the order following a suit filed by a former police officer, Patrick Okoli, who claimed he was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the Nigeria Police Force.

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Similarly, Justice Chizoba Oji of a High Court Abuja convicted the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, for contempt and ordered that he should be committed to prison at Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja.

While the IGP said he would take an appropriate step against the order, Justice Oji had eventually set aside the conviction of Bawa after hearing an application brought by the EFCC chairman.

Source: Legit.ng