The official of the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, who assaulted and tortured human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, using blunt instruments to forcefully shave off his beard has been identified as Eno-Obong Gideon Eyoren. SaharaReporters learnt that Eno-Obong is a member of the Ku Kloc Klan (KKK) Confraternity; he was initiated in 2003 and he has been the Chief Guard (CG) in the cult. Sources also revealed that the notorious prison warder has been arrested for unlawful possession of firearms, robberies and murder in the past.
Officials of the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State have assaulted and tortured human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, using blunt instruments to forcefully shave off his beard. The lawyer was injured in the process, SaharaReporters has gathered. Inibehe was jailed by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot for alleged contempt. The lawyer was on Wednesday secretly transferred from the Ikot Ekpene Medium Security Custodial Center to the Uyo Custodial Center.
A group of concerned civic space actors, family, and colleagues of human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, have kicked against his transfer from the Ikot Ekpene Medium Security Custodial Center to the Uyo Custodial Center. Inibehe was jailed by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot for alleged contempt.