JUST IN: Court voids order sentencing IGP to prison

A federal high court in Abuja has set aside its order committing the inspector-general of police, Usman Baba, to three-month imprisonment for contempt.

Recall that the court had on November 29 sentenced the IGP to three months in prison for disobeying a court order.

The presiding judge, Mobolaji Olajuwon, convicted the IGP following a suit filed by Patrick Okoli, a former police officer, who claims he was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the Nigerian police force.

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