February 05, (THEWILL) – A High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has sentenced Prof. Ignatius Uduk, to three years imprisonment for electoral fraud.
Uduk, a professor of Human Kinetics at the University of Uyo, was prosecuted by the Independent National Electoral Commission on a three-count charge concerning perjury and manipulation of election results.
INEC accused Uduk of announcing and publishing false results during the 2019 general elections in Essien Udim State Constituency, where he served as the returning officer.
Professor Uduk was first arraigned in December 2020.
He had pleaded not guilty to the three charges.
Ruling on Wednesday, Justice Bassey Nkanang, convicted and sentenced Uduk to three years imprisonment each on counts 2 and 3 to be served concurrently. He was however acquitted of count 1
THEWILL recalled that another UNIUYO Professor, Peter Ogban, was jailed for three years in 2021 for similar offences.
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