The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the outgoing Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to appear before it on 4th February, over his continued disobedience to court order.
As per multiple reports, the court summon was served on Adamu at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
The summon which was issued by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, was on the grounds of alleged refusal of the IGP to reinstate a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Patrick Okoli, who was forcefully retired.
The court had set aside the forceful retirement of Okoli on the ground that due process was not followed.
The court had also imposed a fine of N10m as punitive cost against the police authorities.
Although the police had contested the Federal High Court judgment at the Court of Appeal, it lost as the appellate court affirmed the decision of the lower court.
In compliance with the Court of Appeal decision, DCP Okoli was reinstated via a letter and in another letter was again retired compulsorily.
Justice Ojukwu after listening to arguments canvassed by Arinze Solomon Eggo, counsel for the applicant, issued an order directing the IGP to appear before her court on Thursday February 4.
An enrol order signed by the Judge read in part “An order of this court is hereby made mandating the Inspector-General of Police to appear before this court on February 4, 2020, at 9am to show cause why a contempt proceeding should not be taken against the Inspector-General of Police for refusal to obey the judgment of the court in this matter which judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeal. This summons shall be served forthwith.”
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