A claimant has requested the Abuja High Court to imprison the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and the Director of the Federal Capital Development Authority, Mukhtar Galadima, for disobeying court orders.
The case, identified as suit No. FCT / HC/1718/2019, was brought by Mac-Jeam International Enterprises Limited against Toub Associates Limited and Theophilus Ubani, with Wike and Galadima also named as defendants.
In a legal document titled “Notice of the Consequences of Disobedience to Court,” the defendants were explicitly warned to adhere to the court’s order.
Another notice demanded the defendants provide reasons why an order of attachment should not be issued, citing Order IX, Rule 13 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act, CAP. 551 LFN, 2024.
As the case resumed for hearing, the applicants sought an order to imprison Wike and Galadima for allegedly violating the court’s directive, which restrained them from tampering with the matter pending further hearings.
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The petition read, “an order for committal to prison of the 3rd and 4th defendants/contemnors, represented by Nyesom Wike and Mukhtar Galadima, for having disobeyed the order of this court made on the 18th day of October 2023 enjoining and restraining them from tampering with the rest of this matter pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”
The legal action stems from disputes over demolition activities in Abuja.
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