The chief of Army Staff, General Farouk Yahaya, is to be detained for contempt, according to an order from a Federal High Court in Minna, the capital of the Niger State.
The order was issued in respect of a suit marked NSHC/225/2019.
Also, the judge issued that the Commandant Training and Doctrine Command, Minna, Major General Olugbenga Olabanji, be arrested and imprisoned for a similar offense
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”.
Justice Abdulmalik then adjourned the case to December 8 for continuation.
On Tuesday wakadaily reported that the Inspector General of Police, has been sentenced to three months prison term by the Federal High Court in Abuja, for violating a legitimate court order.
