The Benin Branch of Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) has
condemned in strongest terms, the alleged attempt to kidnap a
former Chairman of the Branch Solomon Odiase Esq.
It was reported that Solomon Odiase managed to escape from his
abductors who however made away with his Toyota Camry Saloon Car,
2007 model with registration number, EDO, USL 330 EL.
In a release signed by the Chairman of the Branch, Prince
Collins Benson Ogiegbaen and the Secretary ,Pius I. Oiwoh Esq., on
Saturday, 8th of June,2019 the branch lamented the continuous
target of Lawyers by armed robbers and kidnappers and posited that
the present scenario validates the present position of the Benin
Bar of boycotting Kidnapping and Armed Robbery cases in Court and
Police formations.
The Statement called for a rejig of the Security architecture of
Edo State to provide a safe security corridor for inhabitants of
the State.