Published 27th Aug, 2022

By Opeyemi Lawal

Inibehe Effiong, the lawyer who regained freedom on Friday after a 30-day detention, has dared Ekaette Obot, the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, to release the footage of the proceedings that led to his incarceration.

Effiong dared the judge while speaking to journalists on Friday.

He said, “I want to publicly appeal to my lord, Justice Ekaette Obot, the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, to release the closed-circuit television (CCTV) recording of the proceedings.

“Let all lawyers in Nigeria see where Inibehe banged the table in court and where he pointed at the honourable court. I am well aware that this recording exists, and I urge my lord to make it available.

“Even if I was the most insolent lawyer in Nigeria, you do not have to scandalise my name and attribute to me a conduct that never took place in court just to justify what is clearly unjustifiable.”

In the record of proceedings recently released by Justice Obot, she accused Effiong of pointing his hands at her and also banging a table while a defamation suit was being heard.

Effiong, in his response, denied the accusations.

On July 27, Effiong was sentenced to one month in prison by the judge over alleged contempt of court while trying to defend Saviour Imukudo, a Premium Times journalist.

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