A lecturer at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Professor Peter Uduk, has been sentenced to three years in prison by an Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo.
The court found Professor Uduk guilty of announcing and publishing falsified results during the 2019 general elections while serving as the returning officer for the Essien Udim State Constituency election.
In addition to the prison sentence, the court imposed a fine of N100,000 on the professor.
First arraigned in December 2020, Uduk had pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
However, Justice Nkanang, while delivering judgment, held that Uduk knowingly announced and published fabricated results as a collation and returning officer during the election.
He found the professor guilty on two counts while sentencing him to three years in prison for each count, with both sentences running concurrently.
Prosecuted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Uduk’s conviction is the second high-profile case after that of Professor Peter Ogban who was jailed for three years for falsifying results in the Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District election.
The action of Ogban, a former lecturer at the University of Calabar was carried out to favour the current Senate President, Godswill Akpabuo.
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