Author: Smart Chizurum

The country was recently awash with the sorrowful story of the heinous crime of kidnap and gruesome murder of the innocent job seeker and University of Uyo graduate, Iniubong Umoren recently somewhere in Akwa Ibom State. Nigerians were shocked to their marrows when it became apparent that one Frank Uduak Akpan was responsible for not only raping her but killing and burying her in a shallow grave somewhere in the State. The police declared the said Frank wanted but arrested his father who was suspected as an accomplice when it became apparent that Frank was on the run. As God…

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The conviction of a co-accused is the height of hypocrisy and mischief. The recent conviction of Professor Peter Ogban by an Akwa Ibom State High Court over the ignorable role he played during the 2019 North-West Senatorial District election did not come to discerning minds and political players as a surprise. The professor of soil science at the University of Calabar, it would be recalled, was the Returning Officer for that election. His active connivance with the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Mike Igini, to deny Senator Godswill Akpabio a well deserved victory after the election precipitated the legal battle…

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