Man jailed two weeks for making calls in court

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara High Court in Ilorin has sentenced a man,

Abdulwahab Adebayo, to two weeks in a correctional facility for receiving phone calls

during court proceedings.

Abdulwahab was in the court for a hearing and was repeatedly picking up his calls.

Justice Oyinloye said the convict distracted the court and when he was summoned

by the police officer attached to the court to stop disturbing the court, he refused.

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye found Adebayo guilty of disturbing the court proceedings with

his phone conversations.

Oyinloye said the convict distracted the court and when he was summoned by the

police officer attached to the court to stop disturbing the court, he refused.

“The convict refused to stop disturbing the court until another policeman dragged him

off the court. He also exhibited a rude attitude in court, as he shouted and claimed to

be innocent. The court premises is not a commercial call centre where anybody can

receive or make calls as they wish.

“People commit contempt of court with negligence. Ignorance of the law is an

offense, I hereby sentence you to two weeks imprisonment, without an option of

fine,” Oyinloye ruled.

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