His secondary school education was similarly spread, beginning at St Gregory’s College, Lagos by way of Saint Patrick’s College, Calabar and culminating in sixth form at the Federal Government College in Sokoto.
Mr. Archibong graduated with a law degree from the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, and practiced in Lagos of over two decades specialising in corporate and commercial law. He participated in the many attempts to transition Nigeria from military government to civilian rule in the 1990s. Mr. Archibong left politics in 2000.
He was elevated to the bench of the Federal High Court of Nigeria in 2002, retiring involuntarily in 2013. Mr. Archibong currently consults mainly pro bono in his home state of Cross River where he is a Community Leader.
A Stranger in Their Midst, his first book, is about his judicial career
