The Rivers Police Command said on Monday that it had begun search for the abducted former President of the Nigeria Bar Association, Okey Wali.
According to spokesman of the command, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, while addressing the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt, he said that :
‘’As soon as the police got the information of the abduction of the ex-NBA president, we quickly swung into action where his vehicle was recovered along Ozuoba water front,’’ he said.
Meanwhile in a press release signed by the current president of the Nigerian Bar Association , Augustine Alegeh, SAN, the NBA described the development as shocking.
“Alegeh said “The Nigerian Bar Association has just received shocking news that the 26th President of the NBA, Okey Wali, SAN was on Saturday 11th October, 2014 at about 9pm kidnapped by unknown persons in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
“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. It is therefore saddening that he should become a kidnap victim
“The NBA calls on the Federal Government to step up efforts to fulfill its primary constitutional role of providing for the welfare and security of all Nigerians even as It passionately appealed to the abductors for his immediate and safe release to his family”.
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