A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has condemned what he described as “brutal torture” being inflicted on Inibehe Effiong, a lawyer.
Mr Effiong last month was sentenced to one month imprisonment for contempt of court by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Ekaette Obot.
In a statement on Thursday, Mr Falana said Mr Effiong’s fundamental human rights had been truncated.
He vowed to prosecute the officials who inflicted torture on Mr Effiong.