Over 50 lawyers yesterday protested alleged assault and detention of their colleague, Ivy Arinze, at Otuocha in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Arinze was allegedly detained on the order of Otuocha Police Area Commander, Mr Abdul Osu, following his call for peaceful settlement of a case.
The Chairman of Idemili branch of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) P. A. Asame said the lawyer was at the area command to carry out his lawful duties when he was assaulted and detained on Osu’s alleged order.
“Our colleague, Ivy Arinze, from Idemili NBA, was assaulted and detained on the order of the Otuocha Police Area Commander while he was calling for peaceful settlement of a case.
“This is least of what I expect and we can’t take it like this. We are proceeding to court immediately. The lawyer was only asking parties for amicable settlement; that is all,” Asame said.
Another lawyer, Path Agbata, condemned the action, saying it was “unbecoming of a senior police officer like the area commander” to issue such order.
It was gathered that police officers took over the scene to restore normalcy as well as protect their boss from likely attack.
More lawyers from Idemili NBA were trooping into the area at the time of filing this report.
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Police spokesperson Haruna Mohammed, a Superintendent of Police (SP), promised to get back to our reporter over the matter.
