The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the invasion of the Bayelsa State High Court in Yenagoa by hoodlums. The hoodlums pelted the presiding Judge, Justice N. Aganaba, and also disrupted a hearing into a dispute within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
The executive and members of the Yenagoa and Sagbama branches of NBA in a statement on Friday by their respective chairmen, U. Saiyou, Esq and Ebinyu George Aderigha Esq, said the situation was worrisome as the provocative act had desecrated the sanctity of the court.
They also called on the relevant security agencies to launch an immediate thorough investigation and identify and prosecute the perpetrators with an intention to make them face the wrath of the law as soon as possible.
“The judiciary is the last hope of the common man and it is disheartening to see this kind of bare affront on the rule of law culminating into a show of shame as witnessed yesterday. This is an affront that deserves the highest condemnation and we so do.”
Similarly, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bayelsa State, Chief Dennis Otiotio-Odoni, also condemned the act. He said he was aware that it is not the practice of the APC to resort to disorderly and unlawful tactics as the party believes in the rule of law and the sanctity of the court.
