Court orders the arrest and remand in prison of Chief of Army Staff, Faruk Yahaya, one other

The High Court in Minna, Niger State has issued a warrant of arrest for the Chief of Army Staff, General Faruk Yahaya, for alleged contempt of court.

The state’s chief judge, Justice Abdulmalik, who gave the order, also issued a warrant of arrest for the Commandant Training & Doctrine Command Minna, Major General Stevenson Olugbenga Olabanji.

According to Daily Post, Abdulmalik stated that the order followed the hearing of a case brought before the court, pursuant to Order 42, Rule 10 of the Niger State High Court Civil Procedure 2018

Justice Abdulmalik declared: “The order is commuting the Chief of Army Staff, General Faruk Yahaya & the Commandant Training & Doctrine Command Minna, Major General Olabanji, to be kept in Minna Correctional Custody for contentions of the order of this court on 12 Oct 2022.”

She directed that the 2 suspects should be remanded in custody until they purge themselves of contempt of the court.