Court of Appeal upholds two-year jail term for ex-Unical law dean Ndifon

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has upheld the two-year imprisonment of Professor Cyril Osim Ndifon, erstwhile Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, for soliciting pornographic, indecent and obscene photographs from a pistillate student.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) disclosed this successful a connection issued on Friday, September 25, 2026.

According to the Commission, the appellate tribunal delivered its judgement connected September 18, 2026, successful Appeal No. CA/ABJ/CR/1798/2025, affirming the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, connected Count One of the charge.

Ndifon was convicted nether Section 24 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015, pursuing grounds presented by the ICPC concerning physics communications betwixt him and a pistillate student.

The Federal High Court, presided implicit by Justice James Omotosho, had, connected November 17, 2025, convicted the erstwhile Dean connected Count One and sentenced him to 2 years’ imprisonment without an enactment of a fine.

The tribunal besides convicted him connected Count Two and sentenced him to 5 years’ imprisonment, with some sentences ordered to tally concurrently.

Ndifon subsequently appealed the condemnation and sentences, but the Court of Appeal affirmed...