BREAKING: Court Jails Professor For Announcing Fake Election Results

A professor of soil science at the University of Calabar, Peter Ogban, has been sentenced to three years in prison by a High Court sitting in Akwa Ibom State for manipulating election results
The court found the professor guilty of altering results of the election to favour the All Progressives Congress (APC) against its major rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

A professor of soil science at the University of Calabar, Peter Ogban, has been sentenced to three years in prison by a High Court sitting in Akwa Ibom State for manipulating election results

The professor, who was the returning officer in the senatorial election in Akwa Ibom North-West in 2019, was also accused of publishing and announcing false results in two local government areas – Oruk Anam and Etim Ekpo.

Ogban was prosecuted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at a State High Court in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa-Ibom State.

The court, however, found the professor guilty of altering results of the election to favour the All Progressives Congress (APC) against its major rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In a previous court session, Ogban had told the court how results of the election were falsified to give the APC an unfair advantage over the PDP.

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, who was seeking a return to the Senate after defecting from the PDP, was the APC candidate in the election.

The PDP candidate, Chris Ekpenyong, a former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, defeated Mr Akpabio in the election which was marred by pockets of violence.