NBA PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR THE RELEASE OF MR. OKEY WALI, SAN
NBA PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR THE RELEASE OF MR. OKEY WALI, SAN Mary Akanbi 18th April, 2023 It has come to my attention that one of our respected elders and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Okey Wali, SAN was reportedly abducted in the early hours of yesterday, 17 April 2023, after his convoy was attacked along East–West Road, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. Mr Okey Wali, SAN was the 26th President of the NBA and has served this nation in varying capacities, contributing immensely to the growth of legal practice and in the promotion and entrenchment of the rule of law. He is 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 Mr Wali, SAN and make a passionate appeal for his release to his family. The NBA stands with and assures his family of our full support in this trying period, even as we ...