Gunmen kill Nigerian judge during court session

About two weeks ago, a police officer was killed by gunmen who attacked Oguta Divisional Police Headquarters in Oguta Local...

The judge, Nnaemeka Ugboma, was shot dead by gunmen who arrived on a motorcycle while he was presiding over a court session, according to aThe attack brought the court session to an end as lawyers, court staff and litigants fled the scene.

“They came into the court, dragged him out and shot him dead and drove off. His corpse was there as people in court fled,” an unnamed source was quoted as saying. The Chairperson of the Owerri Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ugochukwu Allinor, has confirmed the killing of Mr Ugboma, according to the paper.When contacted, the police spokesperson in Imo State, Henry Okoye, confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES.

Mr Okoye, an assistant superintendent of police, said the police had begun an investigation to track down the suspects. The police spokesperson said calm had returned in the area and that police have also intensified patrol to forestall breakdown of law and order.Like other states in Nigeria’s South-east, security has deteriorated in Imo State with frequent attacks by armed persons.The latest attack occurred less than two weeks after gunmen

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