PUNCH reports that about twenty gunmen stormed the residence of the popular Benue lawyer located at 3, Badagry Street, off Katsina-ala , Makurdi, in six Toyota Hilux vehicles and whisked the lawyer together with two of his relatives away. The Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Makurdi Branch, Barrister Emmanuel Agbaku, while addressing journalists in Makurdi on Monday, condemned the kidnap of the lawyer. He stated that some unidentified armed men stormed the premises of their member and took him and two of his relatives away to an unknown destination. Agbaku said, “in the wee hours of Monday, 8th August, 2016, some unidentified heavily armed operatives numbering about 20 in 6 Hilux vans stormed the premises of Bar. Jirgba located at Badagry street, close to St. Peters Catholic Church, high Level, Makurdi. “The armed men whisked him and two of his relations away to an unknown destination. Since then, efforts made by the Bar and other members of his family to establish contact with our colleague proved abortive,” he added. He described the act as babaric and called on security operatives in the state to fish out those responsible for this dehumanising act. Source: Punch]]>