Runsewe grabs jail sentence

Director-General of the National Council of Art and Crafts, Olusegun Runsewe has been jailed for contempt of court.

According to Justice Jude Okeke, Runsewe disobeyed a court order made on December 15, 2017.

Okeke made the order while ruling on a motion drawn from a suit filed by Ummakalif Limited against Minister of the FCT, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), DG of NCAC, and the Minister for Culture and Tourism, as the first, second, third and fourth defendants respectively.

The judge strongly believed that sentencing Runsewe to the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services will serve as a deterrent to people fond of disobeying court orders.