The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, SAN on Monday, 23rd April, 2023, met with the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye for a closed door briefing on the kidnap of Mr. Okey Wall, SAN, a former President of the NBA, and related security challenges in the State.
Mr Okey Wali, SAN, was reportedly kidnapped at gun point on Monday, 17th April 2023, along the Obiri Ikwerre flyover on East-West road in Obio/Akpotu Local Government Area of Port Harcourt. The kidnappers shot and killed one of his aides while two policemen attached to the former NBA President were seriously injured in the incident.
Mr. Maikyau, SAN and his delegation of Chairmen, Secretaries, and other senior members of the Bar from the branches of NBA in Rivers State paid a courtesy visit to the family of Mr. Okey Wall, SAN and were received by Mr. Kingsley Wenenda Wali on behalf of the family.
The NBA President also paid a visit to the police detail who were wounded during the kidnap incident. The policemen are being treated at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital.
