Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri
The Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Dasuki Galandanchi, has said members of the Owerri branch of the Nigeria Bar Association are ignorant of the law.
The lawyers on Monday embarked on a protest march, calling on the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to sack the CP and the Divisional Police Officer of the Ngor Okpala Police Division, Mr E. Moses, for allegedly assaulting the magistrate of Umuneke Ngor Magistrate’s Court, Ngozi Onyenemezu, and two lawyers, Emma Eke and Chukwuemeka Anyanwu, during a court session on July 19.
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The Chairman of the Owerri branch of the NBA, Damian Nosike, had described the assault as “police desecration of the judiciary,” adding that apart from assaulting the female magistrate, the policemen called her “a prostitute.”
The magistrate was said to…
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