A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has sentenced the Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company, Mr Osagie Okunbor, and two other top officials of the oil firm to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour for contempt.

The other two officials convicted by the court are Nike Onyilola, who is the SPDC Secretary and Head of Legal Department; and Keibi Atemie, who is the Deputy Country Head of Legal/Managing Counsel, Global Litigation, Sub-Sahara Africa.

Delivering judgement on Tuesday in Suit Number PHC/1929/2018, the presiding judge, Justice George Omereji, said the three persons were convicted for refusing to obey a court order in 2008 instructing them to forfeit land where Bonny Crude Oil terminal was located.

The court order, according to Justice Omereji, was given 10 years ago by Justice Margaret Opara of the Rivers State High Court.

https://punchng.com/shell-md-two-others-jailed-for-disobeying-court-order/

Just like that?

That is judicial rascality. Pure gross and misapplication of law. The said suite was procedurally incompetent and the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the same except it acted as a court of first instance conducting a full criminal proceeding against the alleged contemnors.