{"id":116263,"date":"2025-02-05T19:28:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T18:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=116263"},"modified":"2025-02-05T19:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T18:28:26","slug":"electoral-fraud-court-sentences-varsity-don-prof-uduk-to-3-years-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/electoral-fraud-court-sentences-varsity-don-prof-uduk-to-3-years-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Electoral fraud: Court sentences varsity don, Prof Uduk to 3 years in jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday, February 5, sentenced Prof. Ignatius Uduk to three years in prison for electoral fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Uduk is a Professor of Human Kinetics.<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that Uduk was arraigned under charge no: HU\/240c\/2020, for abandonment of duties and generation of false scores on Form EC BE (II) on 10th March 2019 at INEC office in Afaha Ikot Ebak, during the State House of Assembly elections.<\/p>\n<p>He was also charged for announcement and publication of false election result and lying on oath at the inception of the Election Petition tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering judgement on Wednesday in Uyo High Court 5, Justice Bassey Nkanang acquitted Uduk of count 1, but convicted and sentenced him to three years imprisonment each on count 2 and 3, to be served concurrently.<\/p>\n<p>Uduk, who was the collation\/returning officer for Essien Udim State constituency in the 2019 general elections, was first arraigned in court by INEC on December 9, 2020.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday, February 5, sentenced Prof. Ignatius Uduk to three years in prison for electoral fraud. 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