A Minna High Court in Niger State has issued a warrant for the arrest of the Chief of Army Staff, General Faruk Yahaya, over alleged contempt of court.
The State Chief Judge, Justice Halima Abdulmalik, who gave the order, also issued a warrant for the arrest of the Commandant Training and Doctrine Command Minna, Major General Stevenson Olugbenga Olabanji.
Abdulmalik said 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 also declared: “The order is commuting the Chief of Army Staff, General Faruk Yahaya and the Commandant Training and Doctrine Command Minna, Major General Stevenson Olugbenga Olabanji, to be kept in Minna Correctional Custody for contentions of the order of this court on 12 October 2022.”
The presiding judge adjourned the case to December 8, 2022, for continuation.