INIBEHE: Akwa Ibom govt lambasts Falana, 12 others

Akwa Governor Udom Emmanuel’s media aides have attacked rights lawyer Femi Falana for all his legal show-off in the matter of a jailed lawyer Effiong Inibehe who is defending another lawyer facing a libel suit by the governor.

Essen Ndueso, Joseph Okon, and Ernest Akpan said Falana and hi 12 disciples know where to go to get what they want—a copy of the judgement by Justice Ekaette Obot who sentenced Effiong to a month for court contempt.

Falana has approached a court–instead of the registra of the court that jailed Effiong–for a copy of the judgement.

“The suit is a wrong gospel by Femi Falana, SAN and his twelve disciples. Such wrong gospel cannot win any legal soul in their favour and that of their drowning client, Mr Inibehe Effiong. All we want is that justice should be served, and timely too. We are waiting patiently.

“It is quite sad and embarrassing that the plot by convicted lawyer Inibehe Effiong through outdated tactics to delay justice on the defamation suit against Barr Leo Ekpenyong can receive the signatures of 13 lawyers in the guise of suing the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, His Lordship, Justice Ekaette Obot over a demand that is purely administrative”.

“It is evident that Femi Falana, SAN, and his co-lawyers do not mean well for Barrister Inibehe Effiong. Otherwise, they would have been more concerned about teaching him how the court works outside Facebook and other social media where his legal practice flourishes more. It was this illusion that blinded him into daring a legitimate law court presided over by a State Chief Judge.

“The peaceable and tolerant disposition of Governor Udom Emmanuel has propelled all manners of insidious calumnious campaigns against his person and his government. For example, the allegation that the Governor is ordering the security clampdown on dissenting voices is very baseless and rather laughable.

“But that itself can best be answered by the court of public opinion, where every member of the public can see in Mr Emmanuel, a transparent and accommodating leader who has eschewed political bias in his administration of the State.

“This perhaps explains why a lawyer, Leo Ekpenyong, could throw caution to the wind and go all out to attack the personality of the Governor, accusing him of bribing some judges to secure a judgement in 2019 in favour of Senator Chris Ekpenyong who had defeated Senator Godswill Akpabio”.