A magistrate court sitting in Uyo has ordered the State Police Prosecutor to hand over the case on defamation of character and Assault file involving MARGRET vs ANIEFIOK to Attorney General of Akwa State within 14 days.

The Defendant, Mr. ANIEFIOK on July 28, 2022 was accused of assault and making derogatory comments on his former fiancée, Miss MARGRET, while posting on Face-book, where he revealed that she had contracted HIV, with the aim of ridiculing her and thereby subjecting her to psycho-social trauma.

At a resume hearing the new State Prosecutor for the plaintiff, appealed that the case file be handed over to him by the Police to enable him study the file and cross examine the client for further hearing which comes up on September 29, 2022.

In an interview with Inspiration FM, the programme manager for Association of women living with HIV/AIDS (ASWHAN), GLORY ALBAN, reiterated that there is need for the anti-stigmatization bill to be enacted into law to serve as deterrence to persons that wish to same others over their health status.

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