Lawyers in Imo State on Friday boycotted court sittings in
protest over the assassination of a senior magistrate, Remmy
Ogu.Jr
The lawyers who addressed a press conference in Owerri before
embarking on a protest match in the metropolis called on the
Inspector General of Police to nab the killers of the chief
magistrate of Uburu magistrates’ court in Oru West Local Government
Area.
The chairman of the Orlu branch of the Nigeria Bar Association,
Chuzzy Attama, who read the position of the lawyers said that the
courts in the state lacked adequate security.
Attama said that the killing of the magistrate was a ploy to
intimidate and shut the judiciary in the state.
He said they would march to the state government house, police
headquarters, office of the chief judge, the state House of
Assembly and the office of the director of state security service
to register their position over the killing of the judge.
Attama said, “We demand that the police and other relevant
security Agencies should carry out a thorough and unfettered
investigation into the murder of senior magistrate Remmy Ogu and
unmask the killers and bring them to justice.
“Provide armed police orderlies for all the judges and
magistrates in Imo state.
“Provide armed court duty police for all the courts in Imo State
at the High courts, the magistrates’ courts, and the customary
courts.
“Provide official cars for all magistrates and chairmen of
magistrates courts.”
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