Hundreds of protesters on Friday held the #FreeInibeheEffiong demonstration in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, while demanding that human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, be released from the one-month imprisonment ordered by the Chief Judge of the state, Ekaette Obot. SaharaReporters learnt that the #FreeInibeheEffiong protest had students from the University of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, and the College of Education, Afaha Nsit.
The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot is making moves to forge the court proceedings she used to sentence human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong to one-month imprisonment for alleged contempt, SaharaReporters has gathered. Last Wednesday, Obot sent Effiong to one month in prison after the lawyer said he did not feel safe in court.
Akwa Ibom Human Rights Community, the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and concerned civil society organisations have moved to reconcile a jailed human rights lawyer, Mr. Inibehe Effiong with the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaete Obot with a view to releasing him.The national coordinator of Akwa Ibom Human Rights Community, Mr. Clifford Thomas