Lawyers in Anambra state are currently protesting the worsening security situation in the state which has resulted in many deaths including one of their colleagues.
The legal practitioners under the aegis of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, took to the streets to peacefully protest against the kidnap and murder of Mr Francis Onwuachu.
Onwuachu who was abducted last week by suspected Fulani herdsmen until his unfortunate demise, was the President General of Omor Community in Ayamelum Local Government Area (the same local government where a naval officer was killed by unknown gunmen last week).
His corpse was found a week later after a series of intensive and coordinated attempts by the state government through the various security agencies to rescue him alive.
The lawyers numbering over one hundred were drawn from the seven NBA Bars in Anambra State.
They began the protest at the Anambra State Judiciary Headquarters, Awka, from where they marched to the main gate of Anambra State Government House, Awka.
While condemning the murder of the late PG, they appealed to Governor Willie Obiano to bring the masterminds of the heinous act to book.
The Secretary to the Government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu who addressed the lawyers assured them that the state government has already made intense efforts to bring his killers to justice.
He said the governor has pledged that those who want to distort public safety would be made to pay.
[Standard Observers]
