The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed the conviction of Professor Cyril Osim Ndifon, the erstwhile Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, for soliciting pornographic, indecent and obscene photographs from a female student.
The Court of Appeal, in its judgment delivered on Thursday, September 18, 2026, in Appeal No. CA/ABJ/CR/1798/2025, upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which convicted Professor Ndifon on Count One of the charge and sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment without an option of fine.
The conviction arose from evidence before the trial court that Professor Ndifon, while serving as Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, solicited pornographic, indecent and obscene photographs from a female student through electronic communication.
The offence in Count One was prosecuted under Section 24 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015.
