The activist and lawyer was kidnapped today on the Auchi -Ehor route. His four mobile policemen were killed on the spot.The kidnappers have not made any contacts with Mr. Ozekhome's family.
However, Public Interest Lawyers League, an NGO based in Abuja Nigeria has condemned the kidnap of Mr. Ozekhome stating that his seizure by unknown gunmen was due to the growing insecurity in Edo and Nigeria in general. A statement signed by PILL's president, Abdul Mamhud, urged the kidnappers to free Mr. Ozekhome immediately.
The statement described Mr. Ozekhome as a "suave, outspoken Lagos lawyer whose contributions to constitutional and public laws are well two known."
Mr. Ozekhome who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria hails from Edo State.
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