Members of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, in Anambra State has boycotted courtrooms to express concern over the state of insecurity in the state which has become worrisome.
In expressing their grievances, they marched to Government House from the Judiciary Headquarters, Awka to protest the spate of killings in the state by gunmen.
They stated that one of their members, Frank Onwuachi, was kidnapped and killed in recent terror attacks on the state.
It’s reported that no fewer than six policemen, four naval officers, two prison guards and others had been killed recently in the state.
Four police stations and several security formations in the state had also been attacked, patrol vehicles burnt, while arms and ammunition were carted away by hoodlums.
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The situation, the State Governor, Willie Obiano, said in a state broadcast on Sunday, had made him to call for a reinforcement of security personnel from the Army, Police, and the Directorate of State Services.
The legal practitioners under the aegis of Committee of Chairmen and Secretaries of the Nigerian Bar Association said that they would boycott courts in the state for three days as part of their grievances over the killing of their members and others in the state.
Speaking, the chairman of the Onitsha Branch, Onyechi Ononye, said lawyers in the state could no longer go to court freely due to the high rate of insecurity in the state.
He called on the Governor to deploy security operatives to courts and other parts of the state to secure lives and property.
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