The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Orlu Chapter, Imo State, has ordered for the closure of court premises in Oguta, Oru-East and Oru-West Local Government Areas on Thursday, following the gruesome murder of their member, Barr.Chinedu Nwowu, on Wednesday by yet-to-be-identified gun men.
An eye witness, Mr. Felix Ndukauba, narrated how the killers double-crossed the lawyer and killed him with a gun on Wednesday evening at Mgbidi, his ancestral hometown.
Ndukauba stated that the gun-bearing men forcefully blocked the victim, while he was driving, and rained bullets on him, sniffing life out of him instantly.
The development had caused panic in the state as no reason had been ascertained for engaging in such dastardly act.
Following the tragic development, the Orlu Branch of the NBA, the branch the deceased belonged to, had announced that no court session would hold in Mgbidi, Oguta and Omumma axis of the state on Thursday.
The branch further called for an emergency meeting of the members as contained in a memo issued by Barr. Chukwuemeka Okoro, on behalf of the branch notifying that the emergency meeting will hold yesterday, Thursday, by 10.00 am at High Court premises in Mgbidi.
According to the statement, “following the gruesome murder of one of us, Chinedu Nwonu, last night in his town, Mgbidi, all lawyers of Oru/Oguta Forum are hereby notified of a crucial emergency meeting this morning by 10.00 am at the High Court, Mgbidi.
“The Mgbidi, Oguta and Omumma High Courts will not sit today. Please, be punctual.”
The NBA chairman of Orlu Branch, Barr. Ben Amukamara, confirmed that the members will be meeting at the Mgbidi High Court following the killing of the lawyer.
The spokesperson for the Police in the state, Henry Okoye, had yet to respond to inquiries concerning the killing of the lawyer as at the time of filing this report.