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Man bags life in prison for kidnapping A’Ibom judge

A Federal High Court in Uyo has sentenced 30-year-old Nkereuwem Felix Effiong to life imprisonment for his role in the abduction of a judge of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, Hon. Justice Joy Unwana.

Effiong was convicted on three of four counts, including conspiracy, membership of a terrorist group, and kidnapping under the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.

Justice Unwana was kidnapped on December 18, 2023, alongside her driver, Idorenyin Ekanem, along the Okobo–Esuk Inwang–Ndon Ebom Road in Akwa Ibom State. They were held captive for five days. During the attack, the judge’s police orderly, ThankGod Ekanem, was shot dead.

Mubanga
Feb 24, 2026

Police arrest armed robbery suspect, recover firearm in Uyo

The suspect is currently in police custody, while investigations are ongoing to arrest other fleeing gang members and recover additional weapons. He will be charged in court upon the conclusion of the investigation.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, reaffirmed the command’s commitment to ridding Akwa Ibom State of criminal elements and ensuring the safety of lives and property.

Mubanga
Feb 21, 2026

Police arrest armed robbery suspect, recover firearm in Uyo

The suspect is currently in police custody, while investigations are ongoing to arrest other fleeing gang members and recover additional weapons. He will be charged in court upon the conclusion of the investigation.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, reaffirmed the command’s commitment to ridding Akwa Ibom State of criminal elements and ensuring the safety of lives and property.

Mubanga
Feb 21, 2026

A’Ibom court sentences factional village head, two others to death over murder

Evidence before the court showed that the faction associated with the defendants eventually gained dominance in the village.

They assumed control of the administration and unilaterally determined how palm fruits would be harvested. To consolidate their authority, they hired security guards from Ikot Itie Udung, a neighbouring community.

The guards, placed under the supervision of the third convict, Ubong Udo Okpon, were reportedly paid ₦25,000 monthly.

The defendants’ extrajudicial statements, admitted in evidence as Exhibits 3 and 5 without objection, confirmed these arrangements.

Mubanga
Feb 21, 2026

A’Ibom court sentences factional village head, two others to death over murder

Evidence before the court showed that the faction associated with the defendants eventually gained dominance in the village.

They assumed control of the administration and unilaterally determined how palm fruits would be harvested. To consolidate their authority, they hired security guards from Ikot Itie Udung, a neighbouring community.

The guards, placed under the supervision of the third convict, Ubong Udo Okpon, were reportedly paid ₦25,000 monthly.

The defendants’ extrajudicial statements, admitted in evidence as Exhibits 3 and 5 without objection, confirmed these arrangements.

Mubanga
Feb 21, 2026

Winners Chapel pastor gets death sentence for killing landlord

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 29-year-old resident pastor of Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, Ifa Ikot Ubo–Ifa Ikot Okpon Branch, Uyo, Prince Emmanuel Umoh, to death by hanging for the murder of his landlord, Gabriel Bassey Edward.

Mubanga
Feb 20, 2026

Winners Chapel pastor gets death sentence for killing landlord

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 29-year-old resident pastor of Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, Ifa Ikot Ubo–Ifa Ikot Okpon Branch, Uyo, Prince Emmanuel Umoh, to death by hanging for the murder of his landlord, Gabriel Bassey Edward.

Mubanga
Feb 20, 2026

Eno defamation case: Court admits petition as exhibit against Facebook user

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, admitted a petition written to the Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, against a Facebook user, Princess God’sown Udoito, over alleged defamatory publications against the State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno.

The document was tendered by the prosecution from the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Justice, led by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Friday Itim, Esq., during the continuation of evidence by the first prosecution witness (PW1), Ememobong Nicholas, Esq.

Mubanga
Feb 19, 2026

Eno defamation case: Court admits petition as exhibit against Facebook user

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, admitted a petition written to the Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, against a Facebook user, Princess God’sown Udoito, over alleged defamatory publications against the State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno.

The document was tendered by the prosecution from the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Justice, led by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Friday Itim, Esq., during the continuation of evidence by the first prosecution witness (PW1), Ememobong Nicholas, Esq.

Mubanga
Feb 19, 2026

Man killed in suspected cult clash in Yenagoa

A suspected rivalry between two cult groups has claimed the life of a 30-year-old man in the Igbogene community of Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

The deceased, identified simply as Ebi, popularly known as “Npotor,” was said to be from the Amassoma community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.

Sources within the community alleged that the killing was linked to an ongoing supremacy battle between two rival cult groups known as the Bobos and the Greenlanders.

Mubanga
Feb 16, 2026