Judge enters not guilty plea for suspected killer of Akwa Ibom job seeker

A State High Court judge in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Monday entered a ‘not-guilty plea’ for Uduak Akpan, even though the suspect hadThe prosecuting and defence counsels disclosed this while addressing reporters outside the courtroom shortly after the case was adjourned.Mr Sam, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, told reporters, “For a capital offence, an accused person pleading guilty is neither here nor there. As far as the law is concerned, he is not guilty until we prove our case.

“If you recall when he started, his counsel was not there in court and the court had to appoint a lawyer to represent him. So if an accused person pleads guilty in a capital offence like this, the court normally would enter a plea of not guilty for him,” he said. Mr Sam’s position was corroborated by the defence counsel, Sampson Adula who prayed the judge to enter a not-guilty plea for his client, shortly after he was appointed by the court to represent the suspect., a statutory body which provides free legal services to low-income Nigerians who are unable to hire a lawyer.

The lawyer told reporters that under the law, “any case that attracts death penalty requires a not-guilty plea, even if the suspect pleads guilty”.

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