Constitutional lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, has been kidnapped.
Available information has it that Ozekhome was kidnapped last night on the Ehor stretch of the Benin-Auchi Expressway in Edo State.
Abdul Mahmud, the President of the Public Interest Lawyers League and a subordinate of Ozekhome’s, confirmed the development.
Mahmud equally said the Edo State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of Ozekhome.
In a write up on Saturday morning, Mahmud appealed to the kidnappers to free the constitutional lawyer.
He wrote: “Ozekhome SAN, my former principal and a personal friend, is the suave, outspoken Lagos lawyer whose contributions to constitutional and public laws are well too known and it is tragic, and if not unheard of, for anyone to have seized him, held him captive against his will.
“Ozekhome, like many Nigerians who are today held captive by kidnappers everywhere, doesn’t deserve the bestiality of those he has dedicated many years of his outspoken forthrightness to defend, nor does he deserve the mistreatment of gun totting scum who have seized our roads and our country.
“I call on those holding Ozekhome captive to release him immediately and unconditionally.
“There’s a wider point to be made here.
“The kidnap of Ozekhome highlights the growing insecurity in Edo State and in our country and the government and security agencies must live up to their responsibility of securing public safety.”
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