EBF Condemns Kidnapping And Murdering Of Members

*Says A Govt Who Negotiates And Rewards Terrorists Is
Doom
*Condoles With Families Of Members Killed, N.H. Nwankwo Esq and
F.A. Onwuachi Esq.

Eastern Bar Forum has Bemoaned the kidnapping and murdering of
its members by men of the underworld.

The Forum in its statement signed by the Governor, S. Long
Williams Esq, Made available to TheNigerialawyer(TNL), lamented
that it’s hardly a day, where the Forum doesn’t record the case of
kidnap or murdering of its member.

He said the recent kidnap and murder of F.A. Onwuachi Esq., a
member of the Nigerian Bar Association, Otuocha  Branch in
Anambra State has again brought to the fore the repeated concerns
raised by the Eastern Bar Forum on the security situation in the
country.

“Hardly any day goes by without gory tales of kidnap, rape, and
murder in Nigeria. Kidnap, murder and rape has become the new
normal in Nigeria, and our government whose primary responsibility
is to protect the life, limb, and properties of Nigerians is
helpless and comatose.

“A few months ago N.H. Nwankwo Esq. former Chairman, NBA Owerri
Branch was restricted and gruesomely murdered in his office in
Owerri, Imo State. Only a few days ago Frank Onwuachi Esq was
kidnapped, tortured and brutally murdered in Anambra State. On 17th
March, 2021 Gideon Kpobari Girigiri Esq. of NBA Okrika Branch,
Rivers State was kidnapped along, Igbo-Etche Road in Rivers State
but was allowed to live again by the whiskers. This is besides
numerous other reports and cases of mass kidnappings, murders,
rapes, arson and clashes going on in almost every nook and cranny
in the country,” the stated.

The Forum has called out to the security agencies as well as the
government of the State to brace up to its responsibilities in
securing the lives of armless and defenseless citizens.

The statement reads in part: “It’s time the citizens must rise
and ask our government to take responsibility and be responsive
just like what the Bar in Anambra State has declared. Government
must be made to rise up from its deep annoying slumber and act
now.

“A country where legitimate government negotiates with terrorist
and offer rewards to criminals for criminality is doomed as such
actions will breed more criminals and plunge the country into a
state of nature. It is sad to note that we have lost it on all
fronts as a nation.

“I join the Bar and the good people of Anambra State to say a
resounding NO to criminality and government ineptitude in frontally
confronting this existential threat. We cannot stand by and allow a
handful of criminals overrun us. As it is said in local parlance ”
how many dem be sef”

“It is because the government is complacent and ineffective that
has made this a monumental challenge. If the government wakes up
and take the bull by the horns without sentiments, crime and
criminality will be drastically reduced to a manageable
minimum.

“I condole with families of our dear colleagues, the Bar in
Anambra and Imo States and other Nigerians who have suffered from
one security challenge or the other. I urge all Nigerians to stand
strong and tall as a unit in confronting this menace. As I have
often quoted, ” we may not be responsible for our being knocked
down, but we are responsible for getting back up” Rev. Jesse
Jackson.”

God bless EBF!
God bless NBA!

*Says A Govt Who Negotiates And Rewards Terrorists Is
Doom
*Condoles With Families Of Members Killed, N.H. Nwankwo Esq and
F.A. Onwuachi Esq.

Eastern Bar Forum has Bemoaned the kidnapping and murdering of
its members by men of the underworld.

The Forum in its statement signed by the Governor, S. Long
Williams Esq, Made available to TheNigerialawyer(TNL), lamented
that it’s hardly a day, where the Forum doesn’t record the case of
kidnap or murdering of its member.

He said the recent kidnap and murder of F.A. Onwuachi Esq., a
member of the Nigerian Bar Association, Otuocha  Branch in
Anambra State has again brought to the fore the repeated concerns
raised by the Eastern Bar Forum on the security situation in the
country.

“Hardly any day goes by without gory tales of kidnap, rape, and
murder in Nigeria. Kidnap, murder and rape has become the new
normal in Nigeria, and our government whose primary responsibility
is to protect the life, limb, and properties of Nigerians is
helpless and comatose.

“A few months ago N.H. Nwankwo Esq. former Chairman, NBA Owerri
Branch was restricted and gruesomely murdered in his office in
Owerri, Imo State. Only a few days ago Frank Onwuachi Esq was
kidnapped, tortured and brutally murdered in Anambra State. On 17th
March, 2021 Gideon Kpobari Girigiri Esq. of NBA Okrika Branch,
Rivers State was kidnapped along, Igbo-Etche Road in Rivers State
but was allowed to live again by the whiskers. This is besides
numerous other reports and cases of mass kidnappings, murders,
rapes, arson and clashes going on in almost every nook and cranny
in the country,” the stated.

The Forum has called out to the security agencies as well as the
government of the State to brace up to its responsibilities in
securing the lives of armless and defenseless citizens.

The statement reads in part: “It’s time the citizens must rise
and ask our government to take responsibility and be responsive
just like what the Bar in Anambra State has declared. Government
must be made to rise up from its deep annoying slumber and act
now.

“A country where legitimate government negotiates with terrorist
and offer rewards to criminals for criminality is doomed as such
actions will breed more criminals and plunge the country into a
state of nature. It is sad to note that we have lost it on all
fronts as a nation.

“I join the Bar and the good people of Anambra State to say a
resounding NO to criminality and government ineptitude in frontally
confronting this existential threat. We cannot stand by and allow a
handful of criminals overrun us. As it is said in local parlance ”
how many dem be sef”

“It is because the government is complacent and ineffective that
has made this a monumental challenge. If the government wakes up
and take the bull by the horns without sentiments, crime and
criminality will be drastically reduced to a manageable
minimum.

“I condole with families of our dear colleagues, the Bar in
Anambra and Imo States and other Nigerians who have suffered from
one security challenge or the other. I urge all Nigerians to stand
strong and tall as a unit in confronting this menace. As I have
often quoted, ” we may not be responsible for our being knocked
down, but we are responsible for getting back up” Rev. Jesse
Jackson.”

God bless EBF!
God bless NBA!