The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State has ordered the remand of Lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to Prison for One month .

In a series of posts on his verified social media accounts moments ago, Effiong narrated that he was ordered to be jailed for defending Leo Ekpenyong in a libel suit filed by Governor Udom Emmanuel.

He narrated that when the matter was called up for hearing today, he informed the court of a pending motion asking the Chief Judge to recuse himself from the suit on the ground of likelihood of bias.

According to him, the Judge directed him to abandon the motion and proceed to the case.

He proceeded to explain the circumstances leading to his incarceration. On his verified Facebook page, he wrote:

“The Chief Judge of Akwa Akwa Ibom ordered a Premium Times reporter to leave the court. I said my lord, we were thinking that since the proceeding is public, that members of the public should be allowed to observe the proceeding. My Lord asked me to proceed with cross examination.

I obeyed. I informed the court that I was not feeling comfortable and safe having two armed mobile policemen seated inside the courtroom, that it was strange and that I felt unsafe. I applied for the judge to excuse the armed policemen from the courtroom.

He continued, “The Hon. Chief Judge then ordered me to step out of the Bar, that she was sending me to prison. She then ordered the policemen to take me to Uyo prison. And that I should be in jail for one month. I am waiting inside the courtroom for them to bring the conviction warrant.”

In another post, he wrote “I will be going to the Uyo Correctional Centre now. I have not done anything. I wasn’t even opportunity to say anything before the “conviction”. Two lawyers in court appealed to the Hon. Chief Judge but my Lord insisted that I must be jailed.”

The Chief Judge was offended by the Lawyer’s application and ordered that he be remanded in prison for one month as punishment for contempt of court.

See the post of the lawyer below