Facing Fundamental Right Charges: AGF, Chief Of Defence Staff, Others Escape Prison Over Contempt - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 19, 2019
The Attorney General of the Federation, Chief ofDefence Staff and Director General , State Security Service narrowly escapedbeing sent to prison on Wednesday for Contempt of court.
Also fortunate to escape being sent to prison is theSTF Commander, Major-General Augustine Chukwudi-Agundu, facing fundamentalRight charges in a High Court in Barkin Ladi Local Government of Plateau.
They failed to obey a court order to produce asuspect and applicant allegedly in their custody.
The applicant, Dalyop Bulls, was reportedly arrestedon November 11, 2017 by military personnel attached to the Operation Save Havenknown as Special Tasks Force and thereafter nothing was heard of him by theparents.
Irked by the attitude of the security operatives,who up till date have not filed any charge against him, he through his counsel,Gyang Zi, filed a fundamental Right suit against security operatives beforeJustice Samson Gang, of State High Court, Barkin Ladi.
Justice Gang had, on April 4, gave an order to theAGF, Chief of Defence Staff, SSS and The STF Commandant, who are 2nd, 3rd, 4thand 5th respondents respectively, to produce Bulus in Court on the nextadjourned date, May 23 but they failed to comply.