The former NBA president
A former president of the
The 64-year-old
The incumbent president of the association and 31st in line, Yakubu Maikyau, urged both the Inspector-General of Police and the police commissioner in Rivers State "to leave no stone unturned as they work towards the safe release of our dear learned friend".
Mr Maikyau recalled that
He described his predecessor, a Port Harcourt-based lawyer, as "a known philanthropist who has helped in the development of his community in no small measure".
"I, therefore, hereby, plead with the abductors not to harm
"The NBA stands with and assures his family of our full support in this trying period, even as we join in praying for his safe return home."
Second abduction experience
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Reports said the kidnappers abandoned his car from which he was seized at Ozuoba area of
His fresh abduction appears to be the first case involving a high-profile person in the re-emerging wave of kidnapping that reduced remarkably around the country during the nationwide cash crunch earlier in the year.
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NBA PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR RELEASE OF
It has come to my attention that one of our respected elders and former President of the
Mr
I, therefore, hereby plead with the abductors not to harm
The NBA stands with and assures his family of our full support in this trying period, even as we join in praying for his safe return home.
This ugly incident is yet another sad reminder of the weakness in our security system and the failure of successive governments to live up to the Constitutional duty of providing for the welfare and security of all Nigerians.
We urge the Inspector General of Police and the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, to leave no stone unturned as they work towards the safe release of our dear learned friend.
Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN
PRESIDENT
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