Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has challenged the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot, to release CCTV footage of what transpired in court on the day he was sentenced to prison for alleged contempt of court. The judge, Mrs Obot, committed Mr Effiong to one-month imprisonment on 27 July after the lawyer […]
Andy Uba’s vehicles have been sized by officials of the Execution Unit of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, working with officers of the Nigeria Police Force, in his Abuja residence over a N50 million debt resulting from a loan he took from Oranto Petroleum Limited on Tuesday. Andy Uba, a one-time […]
The National Executive Council of the Nigerian Bar Association has resolved to drag the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Fabian Obot before the National Judicial Council for wrongly convicting and committing human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong for contempt. According to a source at the meeting, the NEC relied on the […]
Incarcerated lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, on Friday filed a suit at the Court of Appeal in Calabar, Cross River State, urging the appellate court to set aside his conviction for contempt by a State High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Mr Effiong was on 27 July sentenced to 30 days imprisonment over what the […]
THE legal action instituted by Lagos-based Lawyer, Inibehe Effiong against the State Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot, has been described as ill-motivated by the aides of governor Udom Emmanuel. Effiong had on Monday filed a fundamental human rights suit at the Federal High Court Uyo, with number FHC/Uy/FHR/170/2022, over the refusal of the CJ […]
Ekaette Obot, chief judge of Akwa Ibom state, has released the copy of the judgment that committed Inibehe Effiong, human rights lawyers, to prison. The certified true copy of the court proceedings was released on Wednesday — 21 days after the conviction of the human rights lawyer. On July 27, Effiong was sent to […]
A housewife, Halima Musa on Wednesday dragged her neighbor, Hajara Hassan, to a Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, for allegedly calling her a cursed woman. The complainant, who resides at Adamawa road, in Kaduna metropolis, told the court that the defendant had come to her apartment in the night and insulted her […]
Inibehe Effiong, a legal practitioner, has filed a suit against Ekaette Obot, chief judge of Akwa Ibom, over alleged violation of his fundamental human rights. On July 27, Effiong was sent to prison by the Akwa Ibom state chief judge, after the lawyer reportedly protested against the presence of armed policemen in court. The […]
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who is incarcerated in Akwa Ibom State, has been moved from Ikot Ekpene prison to Uyo prison. A lawyer, Augustine Asuquo, who is the head of Inibehe Effiong Chambers in Uyo, said Mr Effiong was hurriedly taken on Wednesday morning in a prison van from Ikot Ekpene prison to […]
The headquarters of Firstbank located in the Central Business District, Abuja, had been sealed up by the FCT High Court Enforcement Unit over failure to comply with a garnishee order. A garnishee order is one of the options open to a judgment creditor to enforce a judgment that has been made in his favour. […]
