“It needs be said that the contempt proceedings is distinct and independent of the main suit in this appeal. In relation to the status of the contempt proceedings via-a-vis, the main suit or appeal, I shall refer to the case of Mr. V. Onocha v Attorney General of Delta State (2013) LPELR – 20781 (CA)where that court held thus:-
…If from the definition, contempt of court reflects the conduct of the contemnor in the face of the court or outside of its face, then it is easy to say that contempt proceeding is not part of the main civil or criminal proceedings before the court. It is separate. Hence a separate proceedings, if the court arrives at a decision, it becomes a final one, and thus entities the contemnor to the right of appeal.” by PER M. U. PETER-ODILI, J.S.C., in
