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From Joe Effiong, Uyo
Aides to Governor Udom Emmanuel have described as laughable attempts by the convicted human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to deploy tactics to delay justice on the defamation suit slammed against his client, Leo Ekpenyong, by Governor Udom Emmanuel.
Making reference to Effiong’s conduct at the court which earned him a jail term, the governor’s aides, led by Essien Ndueso, special assistant to the governor on research and documentation, said in a press conference, yesterday, that the Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana, and co., do not mean well for Effiong, else they would have tutored him on how a lawyer should conduct himself in the court.
The aides said they were counting days for the convicted lawyer, Effiong to exhaust his sentence so that the substantive case of defamation against Leo Ekpenyong instituted by Governor Emmanuel against him could resume in court. The aides also advised Effiong and his client against further deliberate delay of justice on the matter.
Describing the court case instituted by Falana and those they described as ‘12 disciples’ against the chief judge of Akwa Ibom State as ill-motivated, the governor’s aides maintained that the court case won’t prevent justice from being done on the matter.
“The suit is a wrong gospel by Falana, and his 12 disciples. Such wrong gospel cannot win any legal soul in their favour and that of their drowning client, Effiong. All we want is that justice should be served, and timely too. We are waiting patiently.
