Court threatens to jail Edo Commissioner of Police for contempt

by Oke Efagene

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The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Foluso Adebanjo, has been threatened with a jail term for court contempt if the commissioner fails to appear before the court on December 31 to explain why the court orders were disobeyed.

The case was presided over by Chief Magistrate Grade 1, F.E.N. Igbinosa, at a Magistrate Court in Edo State.

Igbinosa had on December 16, ordered the exhumation of the remains of 4 robbery suspects  who were killed in a November 24 shoot-out for the purpose of examining the corpses, to determine the cause of their death.

According to reports:

The court also granted an order permitting medical experts other than police Pathologists to carry out the examination or be part of same.

The magistrate issued the threat while ruling on a motion by counsel to the applicants, Mr. Benjamin Iloube, who drew court’s attention to the failure of the police to implement its orders.

Igbinosa said that he would not hesitate to commit the police boss to prison if he and his men fail to appear before him on December 31.

 

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