Ex NBA boss kidnapped
The ugly trend sweeping through the
enclave of Nigeria has again struck with the immediate past President of the
Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Okey Wali, being kidnapped in Port Harcourt, according
to the lawyers’ body.
This is contained in a press statement made
available journalists on Saturday. The NBA said it received the “shocking news”
that Mr. Wali, its 26th President, was kidnapped by unknown persons on
Saturday, October 11, at about 9 p.m.
Mr. Wali, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria
and an indigene of Rivers State, was elected the NBA’s president in 2012 and
served in that capacity until July this year.
“Okey Wali SAN is a man of peace who has not only
contributed immensely to the enthronement of rule of law and protection of
human rights, but also to the development of our Nation,” the NBA said in the
statement signed by Augustine Alegeh, its current president.
“It is therefore saddening that he should become
a kidnap victim. This sad event is yet another reminder of the state of
insecurity in which all Nigerians live.
“The NBA calls on the Federal Government to step
up efforts to fulfil its primary constitutional role of providing for the
welfare and security of all Nigerians. We passionately appeal to his abductors
for his immediate and safe release to his family.”
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