Court Orders Arrest, Imprisonment Of Army Chief, Faruk Yahaya {See Why}

A court has ordered the arrest and imprisonment of the army chief, Faruk Yahaya.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Federal High Court Sitting in Minna, the Niger state capital, has issued a warrant of arrest on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Faruk Yahaya, for contempt.

Justice Halima Abdulmalik, who issued the warrant and presided over the case, said the order followed notice brought before the court pursuant to order forty-two rule ten of the Niger State High Court Civil Procedure 2018.

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The judge ruled that the order is commuting Yahaya to be kept in Minna correctional custody for contentions of the 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.

The judge also ordered the arrest of the Commandant Training and Doctrine Command, Minna, Major General Olugbenga Olabanji, for a similar offense.

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

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Recall 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.

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