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There is uncertainty in the Cross River State Judiciary as the tenure of the Acting Chief Judge, Justice Eyo Effiom Ita expires today.
Justice Akon B. Ikpeme was Acting Chief Judge of the State for three months, followed by Justice Maurice O. Eneji for six months. Justice Eyo Ita also acted for three months.
A source told DAILY POST that the National Judiciary Council (NJC) has declined extending the tenure of Justice Effiom Ita for another three months.
The NJC recommended Justice Akon Ikpeme but the State House of Assembly refused following alleged security threat.
Ntufam Mba Ukweni, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, spoke to our reporter on the development.
Rape: Man jailed 22 years for raping 14-year-old daughter
Mr Udo’s arrest and prosecution by the police followed a petition from a non-governmental organisation after the man’s wife reported his incestuous act to the organisation.
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A family court in Cross River State, South-south Nigeria, on Tuesday, sentenced a man to 22 years imprisonment, without the option of a fine, for raping his 14-year-old daughter. The judge, who is the acting Chief Judge of Cross River State, Eyo Ita, had earlier convicted the man for rape in December.
The convicted man, Emmanuel Thompson Udo, 47, raped his own daughter at his residence in Calabar, according to a report by