Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong has been released from prison after one month, 9news Nigeria can authoritatively report.
9News Nigeria had reported that the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot sent Mr Effiong to prison.
Mr. Effiong was released in Friday after one month of incarceration in Uyo prison.
Mr Effiong who is handling a case for his client before Justice Obot’s court in Uyo disclosed this in a message he posted on his WhatsApp status around 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday.
“I have been sent to Uyo prison by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot, for one month for defending Leo Ekpenyong in a libel suit filed by Governor Udom Emmanuel,” Mr Effiong said in the WhatsApp message.
The lawyer, who is based in Lagos, flew into Uyo for the case.
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