The Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo has sentenced Professor Ignatius Uduk of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) to three years in prison for electoral fraud during the 2019 general elections.
The case was brought against him by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with three charges filed. However, Justice Bassey Nkanang of Uyo High Court 5 acquitted him of Count 1 but found him guilty on Counts 2 and 3. He was sentenced to three years in prison for each of the two counts, but the sentences will run concurrently, meaning he will serve three years in total.
Professor Uduk, a lecturer in Human Kinetics at UNIUYO, was accused of falsifying election results, announcing false results, and perjury related to his role as a collation officer in the 2019 elections.
