Suspected gunmen killed a Police Orderly and abducted a High Court Judge of Oron Judicial Division, Hon. Justice Joy Unwana, alongside her driver in Akwa Ibom State, police have confirmed.
It was gathered that the gunmen ambushed the Judge along Uyo-Okobo Road and shot at her SUV, killing the Police orderly instantly before they whisked away Justice Unwana and her driver to unknown destination on Monday.
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a High Court Judge, Justice Joy Unwana, and her driver in Oron Local Government Area of the state.
Confirming the incident to NAN on Tuesday in Uyo, SP Odiko MacDon, the state police public relations officer in the command, said that the police have commenced an investigation to track the kidnappers and ensure the safe release of the judge and her driver.
“The Command has received that report—a very bad dastardly act indeed. We are on it and the Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the matter.
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“We have been on it all day and we will spare no resources in ensuring that the needful is done to ensure that she reunites with her family.
“Our heart goes to the family of the deceased officer attached to the judge, who was brutally murdered. It is very unfortunate; this is not what Akwa Ibom is known for,” MacDon said.
He urged people in the state to go about their normal businesses and assured them that the perpetrators of the heinous crime would be brought to book.
MacDon said the police command would continue to synergise with sister security agencies to ensure that the state remains peaceful.
Earlier, the chairman of the Oron Branch of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Torosco Enyene, Esq, who confirmed the incident to Leadership correspondent on Tuesday, had said the Judge was seized along Okobo LGA axis of the state on her away to Uyo, shortly after rising from a Court session in Oron.
He stated that members of the association have scheduled a meeting on the development with the State Commissioner of Police and DSS on Wednesday.
“Yes, the Judge in Oron was kidnapped on Monday on her way back to Uyo, after a Court sitting. On Wednesday, we are moving down to Uyo to meet with the Commissioner of Police (CP) Olatoye Durusinmi, and the Director of Department of State Services (DSS) on the issue,” he said.
