Lawyers operating in Rivers State have threatened to embark on
boycott of the courts following abduction of four of their
colleagues.
The decision to boycott courts was reached yesterday by members
of the executive committee of the eight branches of the NBA in the
state.
Briefing journalists after the meeting, Chairman, Port Harcourt
Branch of the NBA, Sylvester Adaka, expressed sadness on the
increasing rate of kidnapping and assassination of lawyers and
their family members in Rivers State.
He noted that on Sunday August 4, four lawyers he identified as
Iyke Emelogu , Sunday Womo, Monima Peters and Anthony Wakama were
kidnapped in Eneka in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the
state.
According to him, the lawyers have not been released since then;
a situation Adaka described as shocking.
The NBA Chairman therefore demanded unconditional release of all
their colleagues being held hostage by kidnappers.
He said if the request is not heeded, the NBA would have no
choice but to compel its members to withdraw their professional
services from all cases involving kidnapping, cultism and armed
robbery pending before the courts.
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