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| Lekan Alabi |
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris may
be charged with contempt of court for the continued detention of Mr.
Lekan Alabi, the Personal Assistant on Political Matters to governor of Kwara
State.
A high court in Kwara issued the threat
following the disobedience of its order to release Mr. Olalekan Alabi , the
Personal Assistant on Political Matters to Kwara State Governor, Mr Abdulfatah
Ahmed. The warning was contained in a ‘Notice of Consequences of Disobedience
of Order of Court (Form 48)’ dated August 10, 2018. The document, signed by the Registrar of the
Court and addressed to the IGP, read, “Take notice that unless you obey
the directions contained in the order of the High Court of Justice of Kwara
State delivered on the 1st of August 2018, you will be guilty of
contempt of court and will be liable to be committed to prison.”
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| Ibrahim Idris, Police I.G |
Mr
Alabi has been in police custody since May 30 after he was arrested for
his alleged connection with the suspects who carried out a robbery
attack on
some banks in Offa town of Kwara State. On August 1,
Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court granted the governor’s aide
an interim bail after declaring that his continued detention was illegal and
not justifiable.
Justice Yusuf
held that the police had failed to justify why they have kept Alabi in
detention for more than two months. Despite the
court order, the police have failed to release the governor’s aide from their
custody.
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