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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has arraigned a professor for election fraud in Alwa Ibom, South-South Nigeria, while another is on the run for a similar offence. Peter Ogban, a professor of Soil Science at the University of Uyo, was on Tuesday arraigned before Justice Augustine Odokwu of Akwa Ibom State High Court in […]
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Obong Paul Etim Ekpo, a 73–year old resident of Ikot Ambon in Ibesikpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Southsouth Nigeria has told the Akwa Ibom State Judicial Panel of Inquiry how the police denied him access to his hypertensive drugs, while he was unlawfully detained for three days over a land dispute. Ekpo, […]
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Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality in Akwa Ibom State, Southsouth Nigeria commenced proceedings on Monday with 92 petitions received from victims of police brutality. The eight-man panel led by Ifiok Ukana, a retired justice, held its sitting at the High Court Complex Annex on Fulga Street in Uyo, the state’s capital. Ukana in […]
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The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ini Ememobong of Akwa Ibom State has stated that the police had begun recovery of items looted by the hoodlums, with “the cooperation and collaboration of informants from the communities”. The Police Command in Akwa Ibom State on Friday announced the arrest of 10 suspects for their alleged involvement […]
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The violence which erupted after hoodlums hijacked the EndSARS protests in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, on Thursday, reportedly claimed two lives and led to the destruction of properties worth millions of naira. Protests had rocked the state capital since last Thursday with demonstrators blocking major roads, including the popular Ibom Plaza, and demanding […]
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Andrew Mbang was last seen alive on September 20, 2007, when his mother visited him in detention at the Old GRA Police Station, Olu Obasanjo Road, in Portharcourt, Rivers State. The previous day, Andrew had been arrested with his friends – Obele and Kingsley, by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Since then, they […]
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