Lawyer Sentenced To One Year Imprisonment For Contempt Of Court

Justice Ekaette Obot, the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday committed a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong Esq to the state correctional centre for one month over perceived contempt of court.

Justice Obot before ordering the conviction warrant said she had run out of patience with the excesses and unruly behaviours of the embattled lawyer who is the defence counsel to Leo Ekpenyong.

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Ekpenyong is standing trial in a libel suit instituted by the governor of the state, Mr Udom Emmanuel and Mr Effiong Dickson Bob.

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