IN the latest development in the NIB scandal, Algernon Cargill has filed an affadavit with the Supreme Court calling for fired NIB chairman Gregory Moss to be jailed.

The documents were filed on Friday afternoon at the Supreme Court and are the latest twist in the long-running affair.

On Thursday night, Gregory Moss was fired by the Prime Minister from his post as chairman. Algernon Cargill was previously suspended from his post as director following claims by Moss and NIB about his actions. Mr Cargill sued both Moss and the NIB over those allegations, claiming defamation.

In the latest papers filed with the court, Mr Cargill calls for “an order that Gregory K Moss be committed to Her Majesty’s Prison, Fox Hill, for his contempt of this Honourable Court”.

Cargill also calls on Moss to pay court costs for the application.

The basis of the claim of contempt is that Moss failed to obey a court order filed on December 19 not to publish the words that became the basis of the defamation claim that originally featured in an email of September 18 from Mr Moss and in a letter dated November 8, signed by Mr Moss.

Mr Cargill says that those words were included again in a press release issued by Mr Moss. The press release from Mr Moss also criticised the Prime Minister and the Minister for NIB, Shane Gibson, for failing to speak out in his defence.

The court will need to consider the affadavit before any further action is carried out.