The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a former Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Alex Okoh, for contempt.
In its judgement on Friday, the Supreme Court affirmed Mr Okoh’s one-month imprisonment for contempt of court.
A five-member panel of the court said there was incontrovertible evidence that the BPE and Mr Okoh disobeyed an earlier order of the Supreme Court stopping the agency from selling the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) Ltd to any other person or group except the BFI Group Corporation that won the first bid advertised in 2004.
