Officials of the Abakaliki Correctional Service have attacked an Ebonyi based legal practitioner, Ekigbo Sampson causing him severe body injuries.
Ekigbo was diagnosed as suffering from an inflammation of the middle, resulting in the redness and swelling as well as a build-up of fluid behind the eardrum, after the attack by the prison officials.
A police medical report obtained by our correspondent and signed by DSP Uche Okette, stated that the lawyer was slapped on his right ear which led to the trauma he subsequently experienced.
The medical report added that the lawyer was thereafter, referred to the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, for further treatment.
Four armed officials of the Abakaliki Correctional Service Centre were said to have attacked Ekigbo on Tuesday evening.
A petition signed by his counsels to the lawyer, J. Elom and Kingsley Ogodo and copied to the state Commissioner of Police, Adaku Uche-Anya, stated that “on the 26th day of November, 2024, at about 1400 hours, our client while on transit around Hariz Filing Station, along the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway, was collided into by a tricycle.
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“That upon the occurrence of this incident, our client packed across Hariz Filing Station and walked into the filing station to sort out how to fix his vehicle, discharging the tricycle driver.
“That while waiting outside for his mechanic, our client was just walking across the filing station when the suspects at about 14:27 hours drove in a green Toyota Hiace Hummer bus of the Abakaliki Medium Correctional Center and attempted to collide into our client.
“That our client merely asked the driver of Toyota Hiace Hummer bus whether he knows what he is doing and moved on, only for Mr. Pius Nwode to alight from the bus and aggressively walked to our client, and slapped him hard on his right ear, cocked his gun, pointed at our client and retorted aggressively; I will waste you here and nothing will happen.
“That upon hearing this statement with a cocked gun pointed at him, our client was in grave fear for his life as he was uncertain as to the next line of action the suspects will take.”
When contacted, Public Relations Officer of the Abakaliki Medium Correctional Centre, Nneka Iyasei, said she has not received any report on the incident.
