Unidentified gunmen, on Wednesday, killed an Imo State-based lawyer, Chinedu Nwowu, in Mgbidi, the Oru West Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the lawyer was shot while driving along Mgbidi road on Wednesday evening.
According to sources, Nwowu was driving along the Mgbidi highway around 7pm when the assailants intercepted his vehicle.
Following the incident, courts in Mgbidi, Oguta and Omumma areas of the state, on Thursday, shut down.
The Orlu Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, where the deceased belonged, had announced that no court session would hold on Thursday.
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The branch announced an emergency meeting of the members following the killing of the lawyer.
A memo issued by Chukwuemeka Okoro, on behalf of the branch, notified that the emergency meeting would start at 10 am at High Court in Mgbidi.
“Following the gruesome murder of one of us, CHINEDU NWOWU last night in his town, Mgbidi, all lawyers of Oru/Oguta Forum are hereby notified of a crucial emergency meeting this morning by 10 am at the High Court, Mgbidi.
“The Mgbidi, Oguta and Omumma High Courts will not sit today. Please, be punctual”, the statement read.
The spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, was yet to state the killing of the lawyer at the time of filing this report
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