It is no longer news that the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, revoked the temporary bail earlier granted the embattled Prof. Cyril Ndifon, suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), and directed that he should again be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre.
What is ear tingling is that one of his lawyers was remanded along with him.
While the action filed against his client was already in court, Sunny Anyanwu, the lawyer was alleged to have, sometime in November 2023 or thereabout, in Abuja called one of the prosecution witnesses on her mobile telephone.
He reportedly made the call on the prompting of the professor.
Attorney Anyanwu was alleged to have threatened her not to honour the invitation of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in respect of the criminal investigation against Ndifon, which conduct he knew was intended to perverse the cause of justice.
The offence was said to be punishable under Section 182 of the Penal Code Cap. 532 Laws of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, 2006.
Hon. Justice James Omotosho also held that Anyanwu, to be remanded in the correctional centre pending the hearing of their bail application.
At the resumed hearing of the matter on Thursday, Justice Omotosho gave the order after Ndifon was re-arraigned alongside Anyanwu on an amended four-count charge bordering on alleged sexual harassment and attempt to perverse the cause of justice.
According to reports, while the ICPC) is the complainant, Ndifon and Anyanwu are 1st and 2nd defendants in the amended charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/511/2023.
In count one, Ndifon was alleged to have, between May and September 2023 while being in the employment of UNICAL as Dean of Faculty of Law, caused one Miss TKJ (not real name), a diploma student of the university, to send pornographic, indecent and obscene photographs of herself to him through his mobile telephone number: 08037066222 vide WhatsApp charts.
The offence was said to be contrary to and punishable under Section 24 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition & Prevention) Act 2015.
Count three bordered on the allegations against Anyanwu.
Justice Omotosho had, on Jan. 10, ordered the release of Ndifon on a temporary bail to enable him go for a glaucoma surgery.
