Court Voids Order Sentencing IGP To Prison For Contempt

A federal high court in Abuja has set aside its order committing Usman Baba, inspector-general (IG) of police, to three-month imprisonment for contempt.

The court had on November 29 sentenced the IGP to three months in prison for disobeying a court order.

Mobolaji Olajuwon, the presiding judge, convicted the IGP following a suit filed by Patrick Okoli, a former police officer, who claims he was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the Nigerian police force.