Kamarudeen Ogundele, AbujaThe Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Monday said the Inspector-General of Police should respect court orders directing the force to reopen the Peace Corps of Nigeria’s office in Abuja, sealed by the police about two years ago. Justice Stephen Adah said it was in the best interest of Nigerians that the police, as a law enforcement agency, obeyed court orders. He said this while reacting to an allegation made by counsel for the Peace Corps of Nigeria, Dr Joshua Musa, that the police had not obeyed two orders of the Federal High Court directing them to reopen the corps’ headquarters. The appellate court adjourned the matter till May 28 for hearing of the appeal by the police and counter-appeal by the corps. While Justice Tsoho declined to give further audience to the police in respect of the case until his order is obeyed, Justice Kolawole in his judgement imposed a fine of N12.5m on the police for acting in bad faith in the matter.

Source: Punch February 04, 2019 23:26 UTC