Nigeria, March 21 -- A High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Thursday granted bail to Ignatius Uduk, a Nigerian professor who was jailed for three years for election fraud.

Mr Uduk, a professor of Human Kinetics at the University of Uyo was prosecuted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on three charges: announcement of false election results, publication of false results, and perjury during the 2019 general elections in Essien Udim State Constituency where he served as the returning officer.

The professor was INEC's collation and returning officer for Essien Udim State Constituency in the 2019 general elections, where he falsified election results to the advantage of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, ...