Court Orders Arrest of AIG,Superintendent of Police
An Ogun State High Court has ordered prompt detainment of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos and Superintendent Tijani Taofiq for contempt.
THECONSCIENCENG gathered that the Police officers had disobeyed the court order that asked both the AIG and Taofiq to pay N500,000 and N50,000 respectively as damages in favour of a case involving a Chinese national, Chen Zheng.
The officers arrested and detained the Chinese man for criminal offence and later held his international passport.
Zheng is the Interpreter and Sales Manager of Hand in Hand Industry Nigeria Limited.
Justice Olugboyega Ogunfowora of the Igbesa High Court on Wednesday ordered that the top officers be detained at the Ibara Correctional Centre, Abeokuta until the property of the Chinese man is returned.
In his judgement on June 9th, 2020, Justice Ogunfowora ordered release of the applicant’s international passport with No.EB4555829.
Speaking with newsmen after the court judgement, the counsel to the applicant, Seun Akinbiyi, SAN, commended the court for the pronouncement.
Akinbiyi added that such a judgement will make people believe in the judicial system as the last hope of the common man.
