Former General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Mazi Afam Osigwe SAN has decried the gruesome killing of NBA Gusau Branch Welfare Secretary, Mr. Ahmad Muhammad Abubakar.

Describing the killing by gunmen as “a significant loss to the legal community,” Osigwe, who is also the Chairman of the NBA Annual General Conference Planning Committee, urged the Zamfara State Government and security agencies “to promptly and thoroughly investigate this heinous crime.”

CITY LAWYER recalls that the Chairman of NBA Gusau Branch, Mr. Junaidu Abubakar had, while explaining the circumstances leading to the death of the Welfare Secretary, said: “Ahmed was gruesomely murdered by unknown murderers/killers/assasins at about 0030hrs of today, Wednesday, 5th day of July, 2023, at his residence along Mada Road in Kotorkoshi town, of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State.”

Below is the full text of Osigwe’s statement.

MAZI AFAM OSIGWE, SAN, CONDEMNS THE KILLING OF THE NBA GUSAU BRANCH WELFARE SECRETARY

The gruesome murder of our dear colleague and Welfare Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Gusau Branch, Mr Ahmad Muhammad Abubakar, today at his residence in Kotorkoshi town, Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, is a tragic event, and I condemn it.

Mr Ahmad was a committed Bar Man, devoting a significant portion of his life to serving our colleagues at the branch level. His untimely demise is a significant loss to the legal community.

I call on the Zamfara State Government and the State’s security agencies to promptly and thoroughly investigate this heinous crime.

It is crucial to ensure that those responsible for this savage act and many others are swiftly identified and brought to justice. Actions like this must have consequences, and offenders must face the full force of the law.

In this time of grief, my heartfelt condolences go out.

Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN.

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