My Late Brother Was A Unique Person TheNigerialawyer

The 26th President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Okey
Wali, SAN has described his late elder brother, late Michael Wali
as a rare and unique brother. He described the shocking demise of
his brother as a big blow to not only his immediate family, but
everyone who knew him as he was a man whose love knew no bounds or
generational gap.

He made this position known, when the Chairman of the Governing
Council of the Nigerian Bar Association, Eastern Bar Forum,
Soseipreye Long Williams, Esq, led members of the Council and some
Chairmen and Chairpersons of the NBA Branches in Rivers State on a
condolence visit to the former President whose brother passed on
Friday, 8th November, 2019

According to Chief Okey Wali,” Mike was a different kind of
person, who made friends easily and protected me from a lot. With
him, there was nothing like siblings rivalry as he was very happy
and comfortable for me to succeed.

S. Long Williams, Esq who presented a condolence message on
behalf of the Council and members of the Forum informed the learned
silk that the members who were in Port Harcourt for the last
quarterly meeting of the Forum, deemed it fit to visit the former
President who he described as not only a Bar leader in the country,
one of the pillars of the Forum to commiserate with him on the
demise of his brother.

According to the Governor of the Forum, ”the EBF shared in his
moment of grief and was there to condole him and members of his
family.

He described the late Mike Wali as a perfect gentleman, who was
loved by his kiths and kins, stressing that his demise has left a
great vacuum and asked the Almighty to grant the deceased eternal
rest and his family the fortitude to bear the great loss.

Chief Wali,thanked the EBF team for making out time to visit him
and sharing in his grief. He said that the visit reflected one of
the essences of the Forum as one that looks out for the welfare and
interest of her members.

COUNTER ATTACKS: Again, 5 Terrorists Killed in Fatori, 2
Soldiers Wounded

NIGERIAN ARMY TROOPS RECORD A SECOND SUCCESSIVE VICTORY AGAINST
BOKO HARAM CRIMINAL ELEMENTS IN MALAM FATORI WITHIN 24 HOURS

In what could be adjudged as another futile revenge mission,
some uncoordinated and cowardly remnants of the Boko Haram/ISWAP
criminal elements staged yet another unsuccessful attack on the
location of the troops of 64 and 98 Task Force Battalions and
elements of the Armed Forces Special Forces Battalion at Malam
Fatori in Abadam LGA of Borno State. It could be recalled that on
13th November 2019, some marauding Boko Haram criminal elements
attempted to infiltrate the troops’ location by launching an
unsuccessful attack with Person Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
(PBIEDs), Gun Trucks, Rocket Propelled Guns and other small arms
but were decisively annihilated, having been made to suffer very
high casualties in both men and equipment.

Within less than 24 hours of their devastating defeat however,
the outgunned criminal insurgents launched another desperate attack
on the highly spirited troops of Mallam Fatori in the wee hours of
today, 15 November 2019.

In their swift and highly coordinated response, the gallant and
relentless troops at the location once again brought their
resilience, bold action and superior fire power/lethality to bear
on the criminal insurgents as they handed them another crushing
defeat. At the end of this particular encounter, one Boko Haram Gun
Truck was completely burnt along with 3 of the criminal insurgents
that were trapped in it.

Apparently, the vehicle was gutted by fire as a result of the
high volume of fire delivered by the troops. Furthermore, 2 of the
Boko Haram criminal elements were equally neutralised during the
ensuing gun battle between the troops and the criminal insurgents.
Some of the equipment captured from the criminal insurgents during
this futile mission include one Anti-Aircraft Gun, one
Anti-Aircraft Gun barrel, 8 AK 47 Riffles, one Rocket Propelled Gun
tube, 3 AK 47 magazines, one bandolier, 2 rounds of Anti-Aircraft
Gun ammunition and one Rocket Propelled Grenade bomb. Subsequently,
the Air Task Force, Operation LAFIYA DOLE went on the trail of the
routed remnants of the insurgents to ensure their total
obliteration. Regrettably, 2 gallant soldiers sustained gunshot
wounds during this encounter. Both of them have already been
stabilized and are already responding positively to treatment at a
military hospital.

The Theatre Commander, Operation LAFIYA DOLE Maj Gen Olusegun
Adeniyi on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusufu
Buratai once again conveys his message of encouragement to the
troops for a job well done. He further enjoins them to continue to
mount pressure on the insurgents until they are forced to total
submission.

AMINU ILIYASU
Colonel
Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator
15 November 2019