03/07/2025
BREAKING NEWS: Uniuyo Law Graduate, Okon, Sues And Wins School Over Degree Denial..........Supreme Court awards 22 million to Okon against Uniuyo
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In a post which he posted on Facebook on July 2, Okon, shared that he had graduated from the University of Uyo, Faculty of Law, since 2012, but some Professors and Senior Advocates of the Faculty allegedly denied him his degree, instituting a law suit against the university at the Federal High Court, he won.
Uniuyo, appealed the judgement of the lower court at Supreme Court, the Highest court awarded 22 million in favour of Okon against the university.
Okon wrote: "Today I won the University of Uyo at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. In 2012 I graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University and some certain Professors and Senior Advocates said I would never obtain my law degree. I got it anyways.
Long story cut short, I sued the University at the Federal High Court Uyo and won. Damages of over 5 million was awarded in my favor. The legal dons said it was luck and went on appeal to the Court of Appeal, I still won them.
They took the matter to the Supreme Court only to realize it would be too hard to beat me in court. They resorted to using the police to harass, intimidate and arrest me.
That gave me a fresh course of action and I sued them again winning over 22 million. They filed multiple appeals and I won them in all.
Today their final anchor at the Supreme Court has been torn apart.
It's been by God's strength that I have shown them that there is no luck in knowledge. To my legal friends who fought this fight with me, Daniel G. Daniel Esq., John James Esq., and Wisdom Chukwumere Esq., I thank you for the effort and time.
I showed them that intelligence is not in big names and titles."
📸: Facebook | Eno-obong Bassey Okon
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