Nigeria Policemen beat lawyer to coma

October 13, 2019 by Delia Innoma 0 Comments

An Onitsha-based lawyer, Ogbonnaya Jacob Obasi, has been allegedly beaten to coma by some policemen in Anambra state.

The incident, The Nation gathered, took place at a bus stop in Osuma area in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state on Friday.

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) described the action of the policemen as barbaric and uncivilized.

The lawyer was rushed to a nearby hospital by passersby who rescued him from his assailants.

It was gathered the lawyer’s offence was his intervention in an attack on a citizen by the police in the area.

In a statement on Saturday by the NBA chairman, in Onitsha, Ozoemena Erinne, the lawyers said they had taken up the matter to ensure the police personnel involved would not go unpunished.

Police Public Relation Officer Haruna Mohammed said the Commissioner, Mr John Abang, had set up a discreet investigation into the matter.

– The Nation

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