Gunmen Kill Police Orderly, Kidnap Akwa Ibom Judge, Driver

Armed hoodlums have shot dead a Police Orderly and kidnapped the High Court Judge of Oron Judicial Division, Hon. Justice Joy Unwana, along with her driver, LEADERSHIP gathered on Tuesday in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.

LEADERSHIP learnt the gunmen ambushed the judge along the Uyo-Okobo Road and fatally shot at her SUV, killing the orderly instantly before escaping with Justice Unwana, and her driver to unknown destination.

The chairman of the Oron branch of the   Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Torosco Enyene, Esq, who confirmed the development to our correspondent yesterday, said the judge was seized along Okobo LGA axis on her away to Uyo, shortly after rising from a Court session at Oron Court.

He disclosed that members of the association have scheduled for a meeting with the state commissioner of police and DSS on Wednesday.

“Yes, the sitting judge in Oron was kidnapped on Monday on her way back to Uyo, after court sitting. On Wednesday, we are moving down to Uyo to meet with the commissioner of police (CP) Olatoye Durusinmi, and the director of State Services (DSS) on the issue,” he said.

However, Durosinmi, who spoke with our correspondent said he was currently out of the state and referred to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state Police Command headquarters at Ikot Akpanabia, SP Odiko MacDon, for more details on the incident, but the Police spokesman could neither pick nor return several calls to his phone at the time of filing this report.