A High Court sitting in Ogun State through, Justice Olugboyega Ogunfowora on Wednesday has ordered the immediate detainment of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos and Superintendent Tijani Taofiq for contempt.
In his judgement on June 9th, 2020, Justice Ogunfowora had ordered release of the applicant’s international passport with No.EB4555829.
However the officers did not obey the ruling of the court but arrested and detained the Chinese man for criminal offence and later held his international passport.
The Police officers had disobeyed the court order that asked both the AIG and Taofiq to pay N500,000 and N50,000 respectively as damages in favour of a case involving a Chinese national, Chen Zheng who is the Interpreter and Sales Manager of Hand in Hand Industry Nigeria Limited.
The Justice argued that the refusal to release the passport and also pay the fines as ordered by the court is contempt which is punishable under the Nigerian Constitution.
The Judge then ordered that the top officers be detained at the Ibara Correctional Centre, Abeokuta until the property of the Chinese man is returned.