Gunmen kidnap Kogi High Court judge, kills orderly
(Nigeria) Gunmen on Monday kidnapped a Kogi State High Court Judge, Mr
Justice Samuel Obayomi, and killed his orderly, Cpl. Usman Musa in an early
morning attack.
Obayomi of the Ebogogo High Court in the Adavi Local
Government Area of Kogi was kidnapped while on his way to work.
His driver, Mr Ajayi Kolawole, told newsmen in Lokoja that
the incident took place in front of the Executive Guest Villa at Okene GRA in
the Okene Local Government Area of the state.
Kolawole said that the judge’s orderly, Musa was shot dead
on the spot by the kidnappers in an operation that took place between 8:40 a.m., and 8:45 a.m.
He described the three gunmen as heavily armed, unmasked and
wearing dark glasses.
The driver said the gunmen ordered the judge and his aides
to lie face-down.
Kolawole said that the kidnappers opened fire on the orderly
killing him on the spot.
The judge had recently survived a ghastly accident and had
just resumed work after three months in hospital.
The Police Area Commander at Okene, Mr Kehinde Kolawole, said
the driver had been detained to help in police investigations.
The Chief Judge of the state, Justice Nasir Ajanah, who
visited Obayomi’s family, told his wife to let him know as soon as the
kidnappers made contact.
Ajanah promised that effort would be made to ensure the
release of Obayomi
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