Court Orders Akwa Ibom Lawmaker To Pay N1.5million To 20-year-old Citizen Detained Illegally Over Facebook Criticism

An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has ordered a lawmaker and two-time member of the State House of Assembly to pay compensation for the arrest and detention of a critic who consistently used Facebook to criticise the lawmaker for poor representation.

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