IGP faces contempt for estate leader’s arrest despite pending court order

By Innocent Anaba
The leadership of the GTHomes Estate Residents Association in Lekki area, Lagos, has initiated  contempt proceeding against the Inspector General of Police, IGP, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, over the arrest of the outgoing legal adviser of the association, Mr. Austin Akpomreta, despite a subsisting order for parties to maintain status quo.
Akpomreta was arrested by members of the police from the Police Monitoring Unit, Abuja on Wednesday last week and whisked to Abuja, despite a pending court order. 
The arrest came weeks after reports emerged that the IGP had cautioned police formations against the misuse of police processes in matters with clear ...