Court sentences Chief of Army Staff Gen Faruk Yahaya to prison

A High Court Sitting in Minna, Niger state capital has issued a warrant of arrest for the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Faruk Yahaya for contempt, Channels TV has said.

Commandant Training and Doctrine Command, Minna, Major General Olugbenga Olabanji will also be arrested for the same offense.

The presiding judge, Justice Halima Abdulmalik ruled that the order is commuting Yahaya and Olabanji to be kept in Minna correctional custody for contempt of the order of the court on October 12, 2022.

She said the duo will remain in custody until they purge themselves of the contempt.

Legit.ng gathers that the order followed upon hearing on the motion on notice brought before the court in pursuant to order forty-two rule ten of the Niger State High Court Civil procedure 2018.

Justice Abdulmalik then adjourned the case to December 8 for continuation.