Contempt: Court Sets Aside Order Committing IGP To Prison

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The court in a ruling on Wednesday held that there was no evidence before it that the IGP had substantially complied with the Court’s earlier order directing

However, Justice Olajuwon held that in view of the development, the application by the IGP, seeking the8 vacation of the committal order was worthy of sympathetic consideration.

Olajuwon said, “In view of the substantial compliance with the order of the court and the assurance of ensuring full compliance, the order commuting the applicant, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, is hereby set aside.” The judge had in the November 29 ruling convicted the IGP and sentenced him to a three-month jail term for failing to obey the October 21, 2011 judgment of the Federal High Court reinstating Okoli.

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Never unexpected! Our Laws only deals & punishes the ordinary man - because the blind 'Lady of Justice' always opened one of her eyes on Cases involving the political elites! One reasons we remained stunted - developmentally!

This story no clear

The same Court should equally jail Malami too for refusing to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

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