The Immediate past NBA, 1st Vice President, John Aikpokpo-Martins Esq has expressed shock over what he termed the silence of the media over the killing of one Nathan Akatakpo, a lawyer in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Elanhub had reported that Akatakpo was assassinated in front of his house on Monday, November 21 2022 by heavily armed gunmen in Ahoada according to sources.
Aikpokpo in a chat with TheNigeriaLawyer said it is sad and shocking that the incident was not reported in any news outlet, and wondered if it was normal for a lawyer to be killed why defending his client.
According to him, the deceased lawyer was a gentle man, who was murdered in cold blood, adding that the matter must not be allowed to go the way of other attacks on lawyers.
“It is so sad and I am very shocked that this very vile assassination was not reported in any news outlet….so, it is so normal to kill a lawyer for defending others,” he said.
“This matter must not be allowed to go the way of other attacks on lawyers, because the clue to those probably behind the murder is very obvious. It is scandalous and very daring that a group of persons can plot to kill a lawyer not minding the inference that can be drawn from the killing of his client a day earlier,” he added.
