NNEWI – Members of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Aguata branch, in Anambra State, at the weekend organised a special get-together for lawyers in the state to thank God for a successful legal year.
Dr. Chima Josephat Ubanyionwu, the branch chairman, who spoke at the dinner held at the Late Dr. Alex Ekwueme Bar Centre, Ekwuluobia, while thanking God for a successful legal year in the zone, decried incessant harassments of lawyers in the course of their duties by security agencies,
He said that harassment by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the police has made the nation’s lawyers to become endangered specie.
Ubanyionwu lamented: “In the morning when a lawyer is rushing to court, they will stop him or her on the way and disturb his movement, thereby making him to be late in court. This is a very serious challenge and lawyers are strategising to challenge this to checkmate these excesses.”
Addressing the participants, Barrister Chukwuanugo Offor, the branch secretary, enumerated the achievements of the branch, which included maintenance of healthy relationship between the Bar and the Bench, checkmating corrupt practices among judiciary staff, discipline among lawyers, among others.
The event, which climaxed with the cutting of the cake, attracted several judges, senior advocates, traditional rulers, captain of industries, among others.
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Source: Daily Independent
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