|JUDICIARY| A The High Court in Akwa Ibom state on Wednesday revoked the bail and issued an arrest warrant on Prof Ignatius Uduk, a University of Uyo, UNIUYO, don who is facing trial for alleged electoral fraud during the 2019 general elections, VanguardNews reports.
The presiding judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang of Uyo High Court 5, decided in response to the application by the Plaintiff, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to revoke the bail after a second judgement day absence by the Defendant, neither was his Counsel, George Ezeugwu present.
INEC, under Mike Igini as Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Akwa Ibom state, had opened prosecution against Uduk, a Professor of Human Kinetics who served as a Collation/Returning officer for Essien Udim State Constituency during the March 2019 elections, on a three-count amended charge of abandonment of duties, publishing/announcing of fake election result scores and lying on oath.
While another UNIUYO Professor, Peter Ogban who was also arraigned by INEC under similar circumstances, was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison, the trial of Professor Uduk suffered repeated adjournments on the part of the Defendant, resulting in a change of the presiding judge.
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