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Chief Judge (CJ) of Akwa Ibom, Justice Ekaette Obot, on Thursday, visited Ikot Ekpene Correctional Centre and pardoned 14 inmates awaiting trial for some years without success. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that six of the inmates were released on health grounds, as they were presented as very sick. Obot, who freed the inmates after reviewing their case files, said that their cases, as presented by the doctor in charge of the centre, Dr Christian Etukudo, were at terminal stages. The chief judge, however, expressed displeasure with the relevant authorities for keeping inmates for up…

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