Justice Daniel Okungbowa of the Edo
State High Court has been kidnapped.
This incident happened less than
three weeks after the release of a human rights activist and lawyer, Chief Mike
Ozekhomhe, SAN, by his abductors (on August 23rd).
Justice Okungbowa was reportedly
kidnapped in Benin City, the state capital, while his whereabouts remain
unknown at press time.
Meanwhie, the Benin branch of
Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, led by its Chairman, Mr. Oriame Akene led
lawyers to protest to the Edo State Police Command office and the Department of
Security Service, DSS, where they demanded for the release of the abducted
judge unhurt.
The lawyers described the Judge’s
kidnap as one too many and appealed to the security agencies to do something
about it.
When contacted, Edo State Police
Commissioner, Mr. Foluso Adebanjo, denied that the judge was kidnapped, noting
that it was merely a case of missing person.
Meanwhile, the state Police Public
Relations Officer, Moses Eguavoen, who responded to the lawyers demand, said
that the police was working hard to ensure that the judge was released unhurt.
It will be recalled that recently,
the wife, daughter and driver of Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour of the Supreme
Court were kidnapped in Benin, Edo State.
The gunmen reportedly waylaid the
woman, her daughter and their driver at gunpoint as they were driving to Benin,
in preparation for Justice Vivour daughter’s wedding.
It was learnt that that Mrs.
Rhodes-Vivour and her daughter were kept in a house in Upper Sakpoba area of
Benin City from where the suspects were arrested.(VANGUARD)
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