Nigerian police chief Usman Alkali Baba sentences to prison

• Inspector General Usman Alkali Baba disobeyed a court order to reinstate his predecessor.
• Patrick Okoli had fought against being forced into retirement since 1992.
• A judge ordered him to retire in 2011, but he has now been jailed for contempt of court.

The police commander Usman Alkali Baba in Nigeria was given a three-month prison term for defying a previous order to reinstate an officer who had fought for years to have his job back.

Since 1992, Patrick Okoli has fought against being forced into retirement.

In 2011, a judge eventually gave him the victory by ordering his restoration.

But because the directive was disobeyed, the High Court has now taken a harsh stance against the police commissioner, Inspector General Usman Alkali Baba.

It has decided that he should either be jailed for contempt of court or have the officer put back in his position.

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“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. Aejobi said.

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