A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who was jailed by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot, has been freed after one-month imprisonment. Announcing his release on Friday in a Facebook post, Effiong said that “oppressors” can’t break his spirit with imprisonment. The Lagos-based lawyer had been handling a case for his client before Justice Obot’s court …

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana SAN has said that correctional centre officials at the Uyo correctional centre who allegedly tortured Inibehe Effiong may go to jail for 25 years if found guilty. Effiong, himself a human rights lawyer, was sentenced to one month imprisonment by the Akwa Ibom State Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot on 27 July for alleged …