Court remands former Vice President Atiku’s Son in Cell for Contempt

Wed, Oct 18, 2017 | By publisher


Judiciary

 

 

AMINU Atiku, son of former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, has been remanded in transit cell by a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos,  for allegedly disobeying a court order made on October 11, ordering him to produce his son Amir Atiku.

Magistrate Kikelomo Ayeye had  on October 11, made the order over the custody of  eight-year-old Amir, whom he was alleged to have taken away from the custody of his estranged wife, Fatimo Bolori.

Ayeye had made an order of emergency evacuation and protection directing the respondent in the suit marked FCL/29/2017, between U. F.  Bolori Vs M. A. Abubakar, to produce one Amir Abubakar, on October 18 (Wednesday), for the hearing of the matter. When the matter came up Tuesday, for the discharge of ’emergency, evacuation /protection order made by the court, lawyer to Atiku’s son, informed the court that the parties were making plans to settle the matter out of court.

Responding, Bolori’s lawyer, Nwabuzor Okoh, denied ever receiving any notification or information from the respondent to settle the matter out of court. Consequently,  Ayeye cited Atiku for contempt of  court order made on October 11, and ordered that he should be remanded at the  transit cell, while the case was stood down pending when he produce the boy.

Fatimo and Aminu were divorced in 2011, and the children were initially with their mother, with an arrangement that the children would be spending vacation with their father. However, during one of the school holidays in 2013, Aminu requested that they be released to him for a vacation abroad, after which he refused to let the kids return to their mother. It was gathered that he decides where, when and how the mother visit them under heavy security. – Vanguard
–  Oct 18, 2017 @ 16:52 GMT

 

 

 

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