Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- A Nigerian professor jailed on Wednesday for falsifying election results recounted his ordeal to a judge since his trial began in 2020.

Ignatius 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 the returning officer.

The judge, Bassey Nkanang, acquitted the professor for announcing false results but convicted him of publishing false results and perjury.

"This is my first offence. I am appealing to the court to give me a soft landing either by fine or stat...