Some youths on Thursday have gathered to protest the incarceration of a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who was sent to prison by the Akwa Ibom State Chief Judge, Ekaette Obot.
Inibehe has spent 15 days in incarceration, and now reportedly transferred to Uyo Correctional Centre from Ikot Ekpene correctional facility.
It was gathered that the CJ sent Inibehe to prison on July 27 over what she described as “contemptuous and insulting behaviour in court.”
Since incarceration, many Civil Society Organisations, lawyers and other members of the public have condemned the incarceration, arguing that Inibehe was not given a fair hearing to defend himself.
See photos of the protesters, who marched in Uyo, the state capital, below:
A rights activist, Agba Jalingo, also revealed that Effiong’s beard has been shaved by the prison officials.
Inibehe was defending his client, Mr Leo Ekpenyong, in a case of libel said to have been instituted against the client by Governor Udom Emmanuel of the state.
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