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Group condemns detention of Akwa Ibom lawyer, activist

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An environmental rights group, the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has condemned the detention of Bar. Inibehe Effiong and Jackie Ikeotuonye both, who were arrested on July 27, 2022 and August 1, 2022 respectively.

The news about the arrest of Effiong, an ally of HOMEF, circulated after the human rights lawyer shared same on his Twitter page.The sentence ruling on Effiong was pronounced while representing his client in a libel trial involving the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, before the learned Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot.

Ikeotuonye who is also a partner with HOMEF, alerted the public of her arrest via social media. Her Facebook post read: ‘Nigeria! You win a case against a Governor and he sends policemen to arrest you.’ She had reportedly won a case against Governor Dave Umahi in court which mandated that she be paid the N30m the Ebonyi State government owed her.

 

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