Anambra Lawyers Protest Insecurity After Abducted Member Is Killed

Lawyers in Anambra on Monday protested at the Government House
in the capital Awka to call for insecurity to be addressed, after a
member of the Nigerian Bar Association, Frank Onwuachi, was killed
by unidentified gunmen.

The lawyers, under the aegis of the Committee of chairman and
secretaries of NBA, called on Governor Willie Obiano to immediately
address worsening insecurity in the state.

Speaking during the protest, the chairman of Onitsha NBA,
Onyechi Ononye, said lawyers in the state could no longer go to
court due to high rate of security challenges in the state.

“Our member was kidnapped and killed the other day by unknown
gunmen. Some security formations were attacked and operatives were
killed while their weapons were carted away.

“We cannot travel to court because of challenging security
situation, it is getting worse every day.”

Responding on behalf of the state governor, the Secretary to the
State Government, Solo Chukwulobelu said that what had happened in
the last one week was a wake-up call to all in the state.

“Security is everyone’s business, you in the NBA, the various
communities in the state, let us join hands together and fight
it.

Security is not just the government business alone, everybody
must do something to ensuring a good security network in the state
is improved,” he said.

He also disclosed that a joint security task force has moved
into action to ensure that such deadly acts do not occur again,
adding that the community vigilante groups, as well as leaders of
town unions, have been briefed on what do.

Lawyers in Anambra on Monday protested at the Government House
in the capital Awka to call for insecurity to be addressed, after a
member of the Nigerian Bar Association, Frank Onwuachi, was killed
by unidentified gunmen.

The lawyers, under the aegis of the Committee of chairman and
secretaries of NBA, called on Governor Willie Obiano to immediately
address worsening insecurity in the state.

Speaking during the protest, the chairman of Onitsha NBA,
Onyechi Ononye, said lawyers in the state could no longer go to
court due to high rate of security challenges in the state.

“Our member was kidnapped and killed the other day by unknown
gunmen. Some security formations were attacked and operatives were
killed while their weapons were carted away.

“We cannot travel to court because of challenging security
situation, it is getting worse every day.”

Responding on behalf of the state governor, the Secretary to the
State Government, Solo Chukwulobelu said that what had happened in
the last one week was a wake-up call to all in the state.

“Security is everyone’s business, you in the NBA, the various
communities in the state, let us join hands together and fight
it.

Security is not just the government business alone, everybody
must do something to ensuring a good security network in the state
is improved,” he said.

He also disclosed that a joint security task force has moved
into action to ensure that such deadly acts do not occur again,
adding that the community vigilante groups, as well as leaders of
town unions, have been briefed on what do.