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Ex-NBA
President, Okey Wali
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The immediate past President of the
Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Okey Wali, has been kidnapped in Port Harcourt,
the lawyers body has said.
In a press statement Saturday, the
NBA said it received the “shocking news” that Mr. Wali, its 26th President, was
kidnapped by unknown persons on Saturday, October 11, at about 9 p.m.
Mr. Wali, a Senior Advocate of
Nigeria and an indigene of Rivers State, was elected the NBA’s president in
2012 and served in that capacity until July this year.
“Okey Wali SAN is a man of peace who
has not only contributed immensely to the enthronement of rule of law and
protection of human rights, but also to the development of our Nation,” the NBA
said in the statement signed by Augustine Alegeh, its current president.
“It is therefore saddening that he
should become a kidnap victim. This sad event is yet another reminder of the
state of insecurity in which all Nigerians live.
“The NBA calls on the Federal Government to step
up efforts to fulfil its primary constitutional role of providing for the
welfare and security of all Nigerians. We passionately appeal to his abductors
for his immediate and safe release to his family.”
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