A Director with the Nigeria National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited, Mrs Fatima Yakubu, has been slammed with contempt of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT for allegedly violating its orders.
If found guilty, the director would be risking a jail term of two years as punishment for disobedience to the lawful order of a court.
The contempt charge was instituted against her by four staff of the NNPC, who are contributors to the NNPC Multipurpose Cooperative Society.
The four aggrieved staff members had in a suit marked: FCTHC/ABJ/CV/2640/2024, obtained an order from the Abuja high court which restrained 14 leaders of the NNPC Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society from parading themselves as officers of the Cooperative Society.
Justice Charles Agbaza who issued the order while ruling on an ex-parte application of the four staff also stopped the 14 people from taking any step with respect to the leadership of the Cooperative Society or holding themselves out as…