A High Court in Uyo,Akwa Ibom State has sentenced Prof. Ignatius Uduk to three years in prison over electoral Freud.
Prof Uduk was arraigned under charge no: HU/240c/2020, on three count charges of abandonment of duties and generation of false scores on form EC BE (II) on 10th March 2019 at INEC office in Afaha Ikot Ebak during the State House of Assembly elections; announcement and publication of false election result; and lying on oath at the inception of the Election Petition Tribunal.
In his verdict at High Court 5, Uyo on Wednesday, Justice Bassey Nkanang convicted and sentenced the Professor to three years imprisonment each on count charges 2 and 3 to be served concurrently.
Uduk,who was the Collation/Returning officer for Essien Udim State constituency in the 2019 general elections, was first arraigned in court by INEC on December 9, 2020.
