Female High Court Judge Kidnapped, Police Orderly Killed

By Adesina Soyooye

A Judge of the Akwa Ibom High Court, has been kidnapped. The Honourable Justice  Joy Uwanna was Kidnapped by blood thirsty gunmen with her Police Orderly and driver along Uyo-Okobo Road in the Oron Local Government Area of the State.

However, the Police Orderly was killed during the sad incident.

The Judge, according to Toroscho Eyene the Chairman of the Oron branch of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, the judge was kidnapped on her way to Uyo after a court sitting. For that the

He association has  a meeting with the State Commissioner of Police and the Department of State Services, DSS, for Wednesday, December 20, to discuss the fate of the Judge.

Said Eyene “Yes, the sitting Judge in Oron was kidnapped yesterday (Monday) on her way back to Uyo after a court sitting. By tomorrow, Wednesday, we are moving down to Uyo to meet with the Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durusinmi and the DSS on the issue.”