Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, judge of the
Benin division of the court of appeal, has regained freedom after two weeks in
captivity.
She was abducted in Benin,
capital of Edo state, on October 30 while her police orderly was shot dead.
Danmallam Mohammed, commissioner
of police in Edo, confirmed that the judge was rescued from kidnappers and has
been reunited with her family.
D O Anosike, chairman of the
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Owerri, Imo state capital, also confirmed the
release of the judge.
“It’s with a joyful heart and
praises to God Almighty, that I announce to us all that my Lord, Hon. Justice
Chioma Nwosu-Iheme has been released,” he wrote in a message shared among NBA
members in his branch.
“I thank God Almighty, and all of
us, for our steadfastness, support, and prayers. I wish to thank the State
Government especially, for her immeasurable assistance. Good night all and God
bless.”
During her abduction, the Benin
branch of NBA, boycotted the courts for three days last.
Nwosu-Iheme is Uzoma Nwosu-Iheme,
a former commissioner for public utilities and rural development, and
commissioner for education in Imo state.
In August 2005 at the fifty-ninth
(59th) session of the United Nations’ General Assembly, she was elected along
with 26 other judges to the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in
Eastern Europe.ectoral panels in Nigeria.
In 2010, her first son was
kidnapped in Owerri.
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