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The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Warri Branch has condemned the invasion and disruption of proceeding at the Delta State High Court [Warri Division] by hoodlums on Thursday.
In a statement issued on Friday and signed by the Branch Chairman, Chief Emmanuel Uti and Secretary, Joseph Omonoseh, the bar castigated the unfortunate incident saying it’s barbaric, an ugly trend and unacceptable.
The statement is reproduced below:
18th June, 2021
NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION
WARRI BRANCH
From the reports available to us, the proceedings were going on peacefully until it took a new twist when a crowd of thugs/hoodlums invaded the High Court of Justice 4, Warri, armed with dangerous weapons and chased away judicial staff, litigants, lawyers including a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), who was representing one of the parties and disrupted the proceedings. This act is despicable and a desecration of the hallowed Temple of Justice.
The Nigerian Bar Association, Warri Branch, condemns in totality this unprovoked attack and barbaric behaviour by the hoodlums/thugs and therefore call on the Inspector General of Police, the Commissioner of Police, Delta State and the Director of State Security Services to immediately set up a team of investigators, to unmask the perpetrators of this reprehensible act. We also call on the Security agencies to immediately set in motion measures to nip in the bud this ugly trend, by providing adequate security in and around the Courts premises in Delta State, to prevent a reoccurrence of this ugly trend. We advise the players in the ongoing succession tussle to sheath their swords and allow peace and the law to take its full alum, as we cannot afford to see our peaceful and loving Warri Kingdom engulfed by the flames of crisis. A word, they say is enough for the wise.
For: NBA WARRI BRANCH.
Chief Emmanuel O. Uti, Chairman
ACiArb, ChMC
Joseph Omonoseh, Secretary
AlCMC.
