A Lagos-based lawyer, Toluwani Adebiyi, has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to jail the Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Dr. Sam Amadi, for allegedly disparaging the judiciary.
Adebiyi, who commenced contempt proceedings against Amadi on Monday, said the NERC boss was liable to be jailed except he appeared before the court to substantiate his allegations against some judges.
The committal action followed Amadi’s August 7, 2015 petition to the Chief Judge of Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, wherein he reportedly alleged that judges under Auta’s watch were frustration reforms in the power sector by granting “reckless and inconsiderate injunctions” against the NERC.
In the said letter to Auta, Amadi had written, “My Lord, permit me to bring to your notice a subtle threat that can undermine the success of the power sector reforms.”
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