A University of Uyo Professor, Ignatius Uduk, was arraigned at the Akwa Ibom State High Court 9 sitting in Uyo, the state capital on Thursday, January 20, on allegations bordering on electoral fraud.
The lecturer was one of the collation/returning officers appointed by the Independent and National Electoral Commission for the Essien Udim State Constituency on March 9th, 2019 governorship, and the house of assembly elections, and was arraigned by the electoral body for publishing false electoral results.
Prof. Uduk and one other Uniuyo professor, Peter Ogban had been charged to court for electoral fraud in 2020, and while Professor Ogban was convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment, Uduk’s case was repeatedly adjourned, in the course of which the judge in charge of the case was replaced by a new trial judge.
Uduk who was arraigned on a three-count charge pleaded not guilty to all of them.
The trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang adjourned the case to January 25 for the continuation of cross-examination.
