Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Warri, Delta State has warned that no member of the branch will handle cases bordering on kidnapping and killings of innocent persons henceforth.
Chairman of the body, Chief Gweke Akudihor, who disclosed this yesterday while speaking with newsmen at the opening ceremony of a two-day seminar organized for lawyers from the South-south geo-political zone, expressed deep worries that the incident of kidnapping and killings had reached an alarming situation.
According to him, the decision was taken at a crucial meeting of the executive body on Sunday, regretting that government had failed to nip the situation in the bud.
“We took the fundamental resolution that lawyers in the area will no longer defend cases bordering on kidnapping and killings because they are acts of terrorism that does nobody any good,” stressed Akidihor, maintaining that any lawyer who fails to comply will be sanctioned.
He said if drastic actions were not taken to stop the incident, it would continue unabated, adding that perpetrators would now regard it as a very lucrative business.
“It is unfortunate that Nigeria is confronted with acts of terrorism and it seems to give the impression that government does not know what to do. We understand clearly that the problem did not start with this present administration, regrettably, the Nigerian government has not been taking this worrisome issue seriously,” lamented the NBA boss.
To stem the alarming situation, Akudihor therefore suggested that jobs be provided for our teeming youths who were jobless, lamenting that kidnapping and killings of people were capable of destroying the fabric of the Nigerian society.
He lauded the theme of the seminar entitled: An overview of the various regional mechanisms for the promotion and enforcement of Human rights, put together by the national body of NBA in-conjunction with Mac Arthur Foundation, meant for the training and re-training of lawyers.
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