The Force Secretary, AIG Hafeez Inuwa, and the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Usman Alkali, have been placed under arrest by the National Industrial Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, for defying the court’s decision, which is considered to be contempt.
The IG is accused of disobeying a court ruling that required him to restore several police personnel who had reportedly been retired forcibly by the force and who are graduates of Courses 33, 34, and 35 of the police school.
The dismissed cops went before the court and asked for a ruling to overturn the IG’s decision to force them into early retirement. The IG, the Police Service Commission, and the Force Secretary of the Police were then directed by the court which was presided over by Justice Oyebiola Oyewumi, to reinstate the officers who had been forcibly retired.
