A 29-year-old Keke rider, who was arrested and detained in Uyo Custodial Centre on the order of a Policewoman for attempting to marry her daughter, has been set free.
Ephraim Udo, a native of Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, was pardoned by the State Chief Judge, Justice Ekaete Obot during her jail delivery exercise and inspection of Custodial Centres in the state.
The inmate, who has been in prison custody for four years without trial, told the Chief Judge that he has two children from the daughter of the Police woman, who had vowed that “a Keke man cannot marry her daughter.”
Udo said he and the Policewoman’s daughter have been in love for years, but that her mother does not want him around her daughter.
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The story of Ephraim got the attention of the Chief Judge who ordered the immediate and unconditional release of the man.
Fighting back tears, Udo thanked the Chief Judge for coming to his rescue, describing Justice Ekaete Obot as a judge extraordinaire.
It is not clear whether the Keke operator would go back to his fiancée and his two children after his undue incarceration.
c Harrison Essien
