By Ismail Auwal
A High Court sitting in Minna, Niger state, has issued a warrant of arrest for Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Faruk Yahaya, for contempt.
The order in respect of a suit marked NSHC/225/2019 also issued warrant of arrest against Olugbenga Olabanji, commandant of the training and doctrine command, Minna, over the same offence.
Mohammed Liman, counsel for the plaintiffs/applicants, moved for the issuance of the warrants.
Liman had asked the court to detain the army chief and commandant for disobeying an order issued on October 12, 2022.
Ruling on the application, Halima Abdulmalik, the presiding judge, said, “An order is made committing the Nigerian army chief of staff general Farouk Yahaya and the commander training and doctrine command (TRADOC) Minna i.e 6th &7th respondents into the custody of the correctional centre for contempt of the order of this honourable court made on the 12/10/2022.”
The judge added that “they shall remain in the custody of the correctional centre until they purge themselves of the contempt”.
The case has been adjourned to December 8 for continuation.
It could be recalled that on Tuesday, a federal High Court in Abuja sentenced Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police, to three months in prison for disobeying a court order.
