LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Nigerian lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has spoken on how determined and strong he is despite spending 30 days in prison for alleged contempt.
Effiong left the prison in Akwa Ibom State at about 8:00 am and said he was ‘incarcerated’ for saying the truth.
“I consider it an honour for me to be incarcerated for the truth,” Effiong whose detention drew wide protests said.
“This voice, till no end, is now louder,” Effiong said.
“I am back, stronger and more determined to confront the forces of oppression and to continue to speak nothing but the hard truth to the faces of the oppressors of our people. I feel sorry for those who thought they can break my spirit by incarcerating me.”
Recall that Akwa Ibom State Chief Justice Ekaette Obot ordered Effiong’s detention in prison for one month.
Effiong in a tweet alleged that Justice Obot sent him to prison “for defending Leo Ekpenyong in the libel suit filed by (Akwa Ibom State) Governor Udom Emmanuel.”
The lawyer explained that he complained when the judge ordered a journalist to leave the court.
