Court orders arrest of COAS, Commandant TRADOC

Admin l Thursday, December 1, 2022

 

MINNA, Niger – A Niger State High court sitting in Minna  today issued  warrant of arrest on Chief of Army Staff, General Faruk  Yahaya  and Commandant of Training, Doctrine Command, Minna,  Commander Olugbenga  Olabanji for contempt of court contempt of court.

Justice Halima Abdulmalik issued the warrant of arrest based on Order 42, Rule 10 of the Niger State High court civil rule procedure 2018.

“An order is made committing the  Chief of Army Staff, General Faruk  Yahaya and the Commandant, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Minna, i.e the 6^th and  7^th  respondents into custody,  of the correctional centre for contempt of the order of this honourable court made on 12/10/22 . they shall remain in custody of the correctional centre until they purge themselves of the contempt”,  Justice Abdulmalik ruled.

The court issued the order in a pending suit  between Adamu Makama and 42 others vs the governor of Niger state and  seven others.

The applicant, Muhammed Liman had made filed the application to commit the respondents to prison for disobeying an order in made by the court in October.

The Minna court is issuing the order after the Supreme Court issued an order committing the Inspector general of Police, IGP  to three months imprisonment for disobeying a judgement to reinstate a dismissed police officer.

The IGP is still walking the street a free man.