The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, threatened to
send Mr Simon Lough, a police prosecutor, to prison for
violating an order of the court.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in his ruling, held that It was
obligatory on every person to obey orders of the court.
“This court stands to commit Mr Lough to prison custody
for this blatant act of impunity and contemptuous
disobedience.
“The exercise of restraint by this court in not dealing with
the learned counsel for the complainant/applicant (Lough)
forthrightly is to demonstrate to the learned gentleman
that the best of use of power is to restrain”, the judge
said.
The court also dismissed an application filed by the Police
seeking a stay of execution of an order, allowing, Senator
Ademola Adeleke to travel to the United States for a
medical check-up.
The judge, on May 6, gave the senator permission to
travel to the United States on May 7 and return on June 9
for medical treatment.
The judge had, however, ordered Adeleke to honour an
invitation of the police on May 6 before travelling and
restrained the police from arresting him.
The Police, however, in defiance of the order, arrested
Adeleke when he honoured the invitation.
He was subsequently arraigned in a Magistrate Court in
Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory on five counts,
bordering on alleged false statement and forgery.
The police approached the court with an application
praying it to stay execution of the ruling, pending the
hearing and determination of the appeal at the Court of
Appeal.
The security agency claimed that its statutory duties
would be disturbed if the ruling of the court was executed
while the appeal was pending since the senator would
have escaped from the country.
In dismissing the application, Justice Ekwo held that from
the submissions of Lough, Adeleke had already travelled
which meant that the application was spent.
The judge said there was nothing to stay as the injunction
was not normally granted over completed acts.
“The issue here is not merely that of granting an injunction
over a completed act but whether a party can disobey an
order of court and come before the same court, seeking
for its discretionary power”.
According to him, the police refused to comply with the
order of the court and to have reason for not complying,
the police resorted to self help.
This he said was by arraigning Adeleke before the
Magistrate Court on May 7, just to stop him from
travelling.
The judge further said that the police acted disdainfully by
arraigning Adeleke on the day he was granted leave to
travel for a medical check-up in an inferior court.
He added that by doing so, the police had derailed the
authority of the court, which he said was a condemnable
act.
He described Adeleke’s arrest by the police and his
arraignment as a very dubious manoeuvre of the judicial
system in order to avoid compliance with the order of the
court.
Justice Ekwo subsequently dismissed the application for
lacking in merit.
(NAN)
https://thenigerialawyer.com/adelekes-case-judge-threatens-to-send-police-prosecutor-to-prison/

Police should stop harrassing distinguished senator Ademola Adeleke, in the end they will be disgraced. Apc will dump you people as usual. they have already used you as a political too, at the end, God almighty disgraced police and APC.

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It's high time this judges declare a total war against those flaunting court orders including the politicians in particular. The fact that the president is disobeying court orders due to his immunity doesn't give impetus to others to disobey the court.
Take for instance that order made by a judge in one of the Kano high court for status quo to be maintained for the installation of the four new emirs, they still went ahead. If I was the judge, even though I can't arrest a sitting governor, I will make sure the four new emirs are remanded in prison straight away. What ordacity angry

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I always say, before Nigeria can be a better place, the judicial system must hold its stand for the right course! Ordinary police going against court law

If I were the judge, I would have sent Mr Lough to prison for disobeying court order and nothing will happen