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Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have Killed a popular Imo State-based lawyer, Chinedu Nwowu, at Mgbidi in Oru West Local Government Area of the State.
A local source who preferred not to be mentioned told our correspondent that the lawyer was doublecrossed and shot dead on Wednesday evening in Mgbidi, his hometown.
The 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 the Mgbidi, Oguta, and Omumma axis of the state.
The branch announced an emergency meeting of the members following the killing of the lawyer.
A memo issued by Chukwuemeka Okoro, on behalf of the branch, notified that the emergency meeting starts at 10 am at the High Court in Mgbidi.
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 the Orlu Branch, Ben Amukamara, told our correspondent that the members were meeting at the Mgbidi High Court this morning following the killing of the lawyer.
He said that no court in the Oguta, Mgbidi, and Omumma axis of the state would be sitting today.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Police in the state, Henry Okoye, neither answered nor returned phone calls placed to him by our correspondent concerning the killing of the lawyer as of the time of filing this report.
More to follow……
