The Orlu branch of the Nigerian Barr Association has declared complete shutting down of court sessions in Oguta, Mgbidi, and Onumna areas of Imo following the killing of a lawyer Chinedu Nwowu by gunmen.
This was contained in a memo issued Thursday by Chukwuemeka Okoro, on behalf of the branch which equally notified them of an emergency meeting which starts at 10 am at High Court in Mgbidi.
The popular lawyer, according to the source was double-crossed and shot dead on Wednesday evening in Mgbidi, his hometown.
The same source said that some gun-bearing men forcefully blocked the victim while driving and shot him dead.
The development had caused panic in the state as no reason had been disclosed for his killing.
Following the tragic development, the Orlu Branch of the Nigeria Bar Association, the branch the deceased belonged to had announced that no court session would go on today in Mgbidi, Oguta, and Omumma axis of the state.
The branch announced an emergency meeting of the members following the killing of the lawyer.
The statement read “following the gruesome murder of one of us, CHINEDU NWOWU last night in his town, Mgbidi, all lawyers of Oru/Oguta Forum are hereby notified of a crucial emergency meeting this morning by 10am 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, Ben Amukamara, told our correspondent in Owerri that the members were meeting at the Mgbidi High Court this morning following the killing of the lawyer.
He said that no court in Oguta, Mgbidi, and Omumma axis of the state would be sitting today.
The spokesperson for the Police in the state, Henry Okoye, when contacted could not pick up his calls about the incident concerning the killing of the lawyer as of the time of filing this report.
