The Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), Orlu Branch has raised an alarm over the illegal arrest and detention of her members without full disclosure of their offence.

According to the statement signed by the PRO, B. I Onyekwere Esq., under the directives of the CLC Agbordike led exco of NBA Orlu branch, on Wednesday, 14th day of April 2021, three Orlu based law firms were invaded by policemen who claimed to be members of the IRT answerable only to the IGP. They arrested the head of chambers of the law firms as well as all the lawyers of the said firms.
On arrival at the police station, the only explanation they were given were:

“That the police team have been closely monitoring the phone line of a suspect.

“That the phone numbers of the 3 heads of the affected law firms were regularly called by the suspect’s phone line.

“That the lawyers are thus believed to have links with the suspect and are being detained pending the apprehension of the suspect.......................

Details here https://frontlinersnews.com/nba-condemns-police-arrest-of-heads-of-chambers-of-3-law-firms-for-allegedly-having-phone-call-with-suspects/