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JUST IN: Court voids IGP’s conviction for contempt

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has vacated its November 29, 2022 order committing the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba to prison for contempt. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, in a ruling on Wednesday, held that there was evidence before her court that the IGP has substantially complied with the court’s earlier order directing the reinstatement of Patrick Okoli, who was compulsorily retired as a police office. Justice Olajuwon held that in view of the development, the application by the IGP, seeking the vacation of the committal order, “is worthy of sympathetic consideration.” “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,” she said. Justice Olajuwon had, in the ruling of November 29 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…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has vacated its November 29, 2022 order committing the Inspector General of Police , Usman Alkali Baba to prison for contempt.

Justice Olajuwon held that in view of the development, the application by the IGP, seeking the vacation of the committal order, “is worthy of sympathetic consideration.”

 

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