A High Court sitting in Ilorin,
the Kwara State capital, presided over by Justice Ibrahim Yusuf has threatened
to imprison the Inspector General of Police, Mr Idris Ibrahim, for alleged
contempt.
The IGP was alleged to have
disobeyed the order of the court to release Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed’s
Personal Assistant on Political Matters, Mr Olalekan Alabi.
The threat was contained in a
Notice of Consequences of Disobedience of Order of Court (Form 48) dated 10
August, 2018.
The order, which was made
available to journalists in Ilorin, on Thursday, was signed by the Registrar of
the Court and addressed to the IG, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Yusuf said, “Take notice that
unless you obey the directions contained in the order of the High Court of
Justice of Kwara State delivered on the 1st of August, 2018, you will be guilty
of contempt of court and will be liable to be committed to prison.”
Alabi had been in police custody
in Abuja since May 30, following his arrest over his alleged link with Offa
bank robbery suspects.
However, Yusuf had on Wednesday,
August 1, 2018, granted Alabi an interim bail after declaring that his
continued detention was illegal and not justifiable.
While granting him an interim
bail of N20m with two reliable sureties in like sum, Yusuf held that the police
had failed to justify why they had kept the governor’s aide in detention for
over two months.
Despite the court order, the
police had failed to release Alabi from their custody.
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