Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said it will sue Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state and President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government over the sentence of human rights lawyer, Ihibehe Effiong.

The group made this disclosure in a statement issued via its verified Twitter handle on Wednesday.

The statement reads, “We’re suing Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel and the Buhari administration over the unlawful detention of human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong, and the apparent misuse of the justice system.”

The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot had sentenced Effiong to one-month in prison.

Effiong was handling a case for his client before Justice Obot’s court in Uyo.

The rights lawyer claimed in a tweet that he was sentenced to Uyo prison by Justice Obot for defending Leo Ekpenyong in a libel suit filed by Governor Udom Emmanuel.

It was gathered that Justice Obot in previous proceedings had ordered court officials to temporarily seize phones from reporters and others in the courtroom.