APPOINTMENT OF FIVE (5) JUDGES IN AKWA IBOM STATE: AGES 40-45 YEARS A PANACEA TO THE ILLS OF S.291 OF 1999 CONSTITUTION. By ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq. Uyo-based Human Rights Lawyer INTRODUCTION : With insecurity plaguing the nation; with over 4,000 inmates in correctional facilities; with insufficient and poorly managed court facilities in the state; and with the judiciary, particularly, the Judges overburdened with cases amist archaic long- handed approach in court against modern stenographic measures, the eventual announcement of the call for nomination of eligible candidates for appointment of Judges, via the official correspondence of the Hon. Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State to the NBA, Uyo Branch, on the 22nd January,2024.,came as a solace, succur and timeously. Be that as it may, the question that tickles the mind is: in the mist of sound, well-lettered and evidently intelligent jurists in the state over the years, why does the state not produce more judges in the federal cour