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Immediate past president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Okey Wali (SAN), has been kidnapped.

According to incumbent president of the association, Augustine Alegeh, was kidnapped at about 9pm on Saturday in Port Harcourt.

“The Nigerian Bar Association has just received shocking news that the 26th president of the NBA, Okey Wali (SAN) was on Saturday October 11, 2014, at about 9pm kidnapped by unknown persons in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,” Alegeh wrote in a statement.

“Okey Wali (SAN) is a man of peace who has not only contributed immensely to the enthronement of rule of law and protection of human rights, but also to the development of our nation. It is therefore saddening that he should become a kidnap victim.

“This sad event is yet another reminder of the state of insecurity in which all Nigerians live. The NBA calls on the federal government to step up efforts to fulfill its primary constitutional role of providing for the welfare and security of all Nigerians.”

He “passionately appealed” to Wali’s abductors to immediately and safely release him to his family.