{"id":207778,"date":"2022-08-03T16:11:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T15:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=207778"},"modified":"2022-08-03T16:11:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T15:11:46","slug":"contempt-nba-explains-how-aibom-cj-prevented-lawyers-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/03\/contempt-nba-explains-how-aibom-cj-prevented-lawyers-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Contempt: NBA explains how A&#8217;Ibom CJ prevented lawyer&#8217;s release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Bar Association on Wednesday noted that\u00a0it had been unable to secure the release of human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, due to \u201cthe Chief Judge indicating that she was unwilling or unable to further entertain the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was made known on Wednesday via his official twitter by the national president of the NBA, Olumide Akpata.<\/p>\n<p>According to report.\u00a0the Akwa Ibom State Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot, ordered Inibehe to be remanded in jail for one month over what she called \u201ccontemptuous and insulting behaviour in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judge also noted that the lawyer would use the correctional facility to purge himself of insolence and dishonourable acts that tended to bring the court to disrepute.<\/p>\n<p>The court which sat in the case of libel by Governor Udom Emmanuel against one Leo Ekpenyong, was on its last day for the prosecution to end its case.<\/p>\n<p>Following his remands, there have been calls for his release by the NBA, civil society organisations, and media, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the efforts made by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/02\/why-osinbajo-should-be-impeached-with-buhari-ohanaeze-discloses\/\">NBA<\/a> to secure the release of Inibehe, Akpata said, \u201c Last week, I provided an update on the efforts being made by the NBA towards securing the release of our colleague, Mr. Inibehe Effiong, who was remanded in custody on the order of the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State on account of alleged contemptuous conduct in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, attempts to secure Mr. Effiong\u2019s release through sustained engagements at different levels have been unsuccessful with the Chief Judge indicating that she was unwilling or unable to further entertain the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the circumstance, the NBA is left with no choice but to work on an appeal against the decision of Her Lordship, and I have instructed the NBA team to work with Mr. Effiong on an immediate appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the outcome we had expected because there is a high chance that Mr. Effiong would serve out his one-month custodial term before the end of the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegardless of the conduct of Mr. Effiong in the courtroom on the date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/04\/court-fixes-may-24-for-virtual-proceedings-in-suit-by-suspended-ogfzaa-manager-omosule\/\">proceedings<\/a> that led to his committal, one thing that has come out from the various accounts that the NBA has so far received is that the Court did not follow due process in the committal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Effiong was not put in the dock, told what his wrong or contempt was, given fair hearing or even an opportunity to recant or purge himself (a courtesy that the Bench should, at the minimum, extend to counsel where counsel\u2019s conduct is said to be contemptuous).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis, on its face not only runs afoul of known practice and procedure in such cases but is also unconstitutional. 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