The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali-Baba, didn't follow a valid court order, so a federal high court in Abuja put him in jail for 3 months.
Vanguard says that on Tuesday, November 29, Justice M.O. Olajuwon gave the sentence to the IGP.
Olajuwon said that the police chief should be sent to prison and held there for three months or until he follows a court order from October 21, 2011.
ABUJA– The Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced Usman Alkali Baba, the Inspector-General of Police, to three months in prison on Tuesday for not following a valid court order.
In a decision made by Justice M. O. Olajuwon, the court said that the IGP should be sent to prison and held in custody for three months, or until he follows an order that the court has had since October 21, 2011.
"If, after three months, the contemptor is still stubborn and won't get rid of his contempt, he will be committed for another period and until he gets rid of his contempt," the court said.
The IGP was arrested after a suit was filed by Mr. Patrick Okoli, a police officer who was forced out of the Nigerian Police Force against his will.
Justice Olajuwon pointed out that even though the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the court agreed that Okoli should be put back into the Police, the IGP refused to follow the order.
The court also said that the Applicant should get N10 million in special and general damages for being denied his rights and privileges as a Senior Officer of the Nigeria Police Force from 1993 to the present.
Source: vanguardngr