Nigeria’s Supreme Court sentenced the country’s police chief to three months in prison for disobeying a court order.
The decision followed the dismissal of a police officer’s lawsuit in 1992.
The officer challenged his forced retirement in court, and his dismissal was later reversed.
Inspector General Usman Alkali Baba was sentenced to three months in prison by the court unless he reinstated the police officer.
So far, the police force has refused to cooperate.
Police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi called the decision “astonishing” in a statement.
He said the police force was studying the ruling to know what action to take.
“It is instructive to note that the case in point concerns an officer who was dismissed as far back as 1992, a few years after the current IGP joined the Nigeria Police Force,” Mr he said.
He added that “the most recent judgement on the matter was given in 2011 which should ordinarily not fall under the direct purview of the current administration of the force”.
Source: BBC
